Progression to metastatic disease from a small renal cell carcinoma prospectively followed with an active surveillance protocol

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-122

  Wong, Jaime A ^a   Rendon, Ricardo A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67650763892     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.57     Document Type: Article

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