Urology
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 373-378 , February 2011

Reassessment of Renal Cell Carcinoma Lymph Node Staging: Analysis of Patterns of Progression

Received 28 February 2010 ,Accepted 9 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.06.015

Urology
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 373-378 , February 2011

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