Lymph node density: surrogate marker for quality of resection in bladder cancer?
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1473-7140,1744-8328
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.7.6.777