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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette MD,PhD (Chairman) (Chairman)

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, San Camillo and Forlanini Hospitals, Rome, Italy

    Cora N. Sternberg MD,FACP (Chairman) (Chairman)

  3. Department of Urology, University Hospital of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Hein P.A. van Poppel MD,PhD (Chairman) (Chairman)

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Roosen, A., Gerharz, E.W., Riedmiller, H. (2008). Radical Nephrectomy: Lymph Node Dissection. In: Rosette, J.J.d., Sternberg, C.N., Poppel, H.P.v. (eds) Renal Cell Cancer. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-763-3_20

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