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Proposed new TNM stage classifications in patients with pT3 and pT4 renal cell carcinoma.
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Ljungberg, B. Should patients with pathologic stage pT3 and pT4 RCC be reclassified to improve prognostic accuracy?. Nat Rev Urol 3, 136–137 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0426
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