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Does the number of prostate biopsies performed affect the nature of the cancer identified?

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The synopsis was written by Tamsin Osborne, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Section of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA christopher.porter@vmmc.org

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  1. CR Porter is Co-Director of Urologic Oncology in the Section of Urology and Renal Transplantation at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.,

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Porter, C. Does the number of prostate biopsies performed affect the nature of the cancer identified?. Nat Rev Urol 4, 132–133 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0712

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