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Nephron-sparing surgery: the 'gold standard' treatment for small renal cortical tumors

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

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  1. Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA blute.michael@mayo.edu

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  1. ML Blute is Chair of the Department of Urology and the Anson L Clark Professor of Urology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN, USA.,

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Blute, M. Nephron-sparing surgery: the 'gold standard' treatment for small renal cortical tumors. Nat Rev Urol 4, 300–301 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0763

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