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Low-risk prostate cancer can and should often be managed with active surveillance and selective delayed intervention

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  1. Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, # MG 408, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada laurence.klotz@sunnybrook.ca

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  1. and Chief of the Division of Urology at the Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, L Klotz is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,

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Klotz, L. Low-risk prostate cancer can and should often be managed with active surveillance and selective delayed intervention. Nat Rev Urol 5, 2–3 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0993

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