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Implications from autopsy studies of latent prostate cancer

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Autopsy studies of latent prostate cancer provide important information for understanding the disease and, crucially, for addressing overdiagnosis. Further autopsy studies with standardized methods are needed to drive progress in this field, and studying the differences between latent and clinically significant prostate cancer might be a promising direction for future research.

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    Yuliang Chen & Weigang Yan

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Chen, Y., Yan, W. Implications from autopsy studies of latent prostate cancer. Nat Rev Urol 17, 428–429 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-020-0327-7

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