Urology
Volume 75, Issue 6 , Pages 1258-1260 , June 2010

Classification System: Organ Preserving Treatment for Prostate Cancer

  • John F. Ward

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Urology, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • J. Stephen Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regional Urology, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Stephen Jones, M.D., F.A.C.S., Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at CWRU, Cleveland, OH 44195

Received 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 October 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02850-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.044

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 6 , Pages 1258-1260 , June 2010

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