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Does radical prostatectomy provide a survival benefit as primary treatment for high-grade prostate cancer?

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The synopsis was written by Mandy Aujla, Assistant Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Department of Surgery (Urology), University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030–3955, USA albertsen@nso.uchc.edu

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  1. PC Albertsen is a Professor of Urology in the Department of Surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center, CT, USA.,

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Albertsen, P. Does radical prostatectomy provide a survival benefit as primary treatment for high-grade prostate cancer?. Nat Rev Urol 4, 68–69 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0679

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