Reassessment of the 1997 TNM classification system for renal cell carcinoma
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Erratum: Validation of the 2009 TNM Classification for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Comparison with the 2002 TNM Classification by Concordance Index
[This corrects the article on p. 524 in vol. 52, PMID: 21927698.].
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11806