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Bone metastasis screening strategies in urological malignancies: jades from other hills

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  1. Department of Urology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China

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Huang, Z., Xu, T. Bone metastasis screening strategies in urological malignancies: jades from other hills. World J Urol 41, 1701–1702 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-023-04411-1

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