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Fact, overdiagnosis cannot be evaluated by comparing histological grading of prostate biopsy to prostatectomy specimen

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Stroomberg, H.V., Brasso, K. & Røder, A. Fact, overdiagnosis cannot be evaluated by comparing histological grading of prostate biopsy to prostatectomy specimen. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 26, 804–805 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-022-00629-z

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