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  1. School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Robert A. Gardiner

  2. Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

    Robert A. Gardiner

  3. Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Robert A. Gardiner

  4. Edith Cowan University Western Australia, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

    Robert A. Gardiner

  5. Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Mark Frydenberg

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Gardiner, R.A., Frydenberg, M. (2015). Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6825-2

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