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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on July 24, 2007
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(15):1137; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm113
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Success Rates for Prostate Cancer Depend on Experience of Surgeon

Liz Savage, Andrea Widener

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Surgeons performing operations to remove patients’ prostate glands—the primary treatment for prostate cancer—go through a steep learning curve, according to a study published online July 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. As the surgeons gain more experience performing the operation, called . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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