Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 968-970 , November 2008

Effect of Radiation-Associated Second Malignancies on Prostate Cancer Survival

  • Harry W. Herr

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Harry W. Herr, M.D., Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
    • ,
  • Brett Carver

Received 21 May 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00883-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.017

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 968-970 , November 2008

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