Does the number of prostate biopsies performed affect the nature of the cancer identified?


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe boxed-textMeng MV _ et al_. (2006) Impact of increased number of biopsies on the nature of prostate cancer identified. _J Urol_ 176: 63–68


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