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Letter to the editor re: “assessing bladder cancer prognosis through circulating tumor cell analysis and Ki-67 measurement”

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  1. Department of Immunology and Inflammation, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Fabio Grizzi & Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Abdelaziz Hegazi

  2. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy

    Fabio Grizzi & Gianluigi Taverna

  3. Department of Urology, Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, Varese, Italy

    Gianluigi Taverna

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Grizzi, F., Hegazi, M.A.A.A. & Taverna, G. Letter to the editor re: “assessing bladder cancer prognosis through circulating tumor cell analysis and Ki-67 measurement”. Int Urol Nephrol 55, 1727–1728 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-023-03538-9

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