Adherence to guidelines among Italian urologists on imaging preoperative staging of low-risk prostate cancer: Results from the MIRROR (Multicenter Italian Report on Radical prostatectomy Outcomes and Research) study

Advances in Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Simonato, Alchiede ^a   Varca, Virginia ^b   Gacci, Mauro ^c   Gontero, Paolo ^d   De Cobelli, Ottavio ^e   Maffezzini, Massimo ^f   Salvioni, Roberto ^g   Carini, Marco ^c   Decensi, Andrea ^f   Mirone, Vincenzo ^h   Carmignani, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 84862286905     PISSN: 16876369     EISSN: 16876377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/651061     Document Type: Review

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