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ASO Author Reflections: Could Laparoscopic Surgery Have the Same Long-Term Oncological Outcomes as Open Radical Nephroureterectomy in T3N0M0 Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma? A Multicenter Cohort Study Adjusted by Propensity Score Matching

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This ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Nephroureterectomy for Patients with T3N0M0 Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: a Multicenter Cohort Study with Adjustment by Propensity Score Matching,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2019; 26:3774–3781.

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Shigeta, K., Kikuchi, E. & Oya, M. ASO Author Reflections: Could Laparoscopic Surgery Have the Same Long-Term Oncological Outcomes as Open Radical Nephroureterectomy in T3N0M0 Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma? A Multicenter Cohort Study Adjusted by Propensity Score Matching. Ann Surg Oncol 26 (Suppl 3), 815–816 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07996-3

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