Prognostic factors for localized renal cell carcinoma

Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 83-102

  Lane, Brian R ^a,b,c  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-062-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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