THE CRITERIA FOR AVOIDING UNNECESSARY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY AND BONE SCAN IN STAGING PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Urology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-5287,1884-7110
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.98.764