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Thulium laser for the treatment of upper urinary tract carcinoma (UTUC)? Are we there, yet?

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  1. Fundacion Puigvert, Department of Urology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Esteban Emiliani & Alberto Breda

  2. Division of Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotics, Department of Urology and Urooncology, Hanover Medical School (MHH), Hanover, Germany

    Thomas R. W. Herrmann

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Emiliani, E., Herrmann, T.R.W. & Breda, A. Thulium laser for the treatment of upper urinary tract carcinoma (UTUC)? Are we there, yet?. World J Urol 33, 595–597 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-015-1511-x

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