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Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting for early prostate cancer: finally, an answer

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The synopsis was written by Sandra Michelmore, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Head of the Section of Urologic Oncology, Glickman Urological Institute, and Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

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Klein, E. Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting for early prostate cancer: finally, an answer. Nat Rev Urol 2, 412–413 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0272

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