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Editorial

Lymph node density: surrogate marker for quality of resection in bladder cancer?

Ashish M Kamat Director, Urologic Oncology Fellowship Program; Assistant Professor, Departments of Urology & Cancer Biology, Department of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Center, Unit 1373, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA. [email protected]
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Mark B Fisher Fellow, Department of Urology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1373, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA. [email protected]
Pages 777-779 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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