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Urology

Does a tertiary Gleason pattern 4 or 5 influence the risk of biochemical relapse after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer?

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Pages 217-222 | Received 05 Oct 2009, Accepted 11 Feb 2010, Published online: 01 Apr 2010

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