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Urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract are now recognised as a true and distinct entity from bladder cancer and belong fully to the broad spectrum of onco-urologic neoplasms

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  1. Academic Department of Urology of Pitié-Salpétrière, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Hopital Pitié, University Paris 6, 47-83 bvd de l’Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France

    Morgan Rouprêt

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Rouprêt, M., Colin, P. Urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract are now recognised as a true and distinct entity from bladder cancer and belong fully to the broad spectrum of onco-urologic neoplasms. World J Urol 31, 1–3 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-012-0958-2

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