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Quality of life in prostate cancer patients

  1. Dr. Harry W. Herr MD

Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.47.4.207

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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volume 47, Issue 4, pages 207–217, July/August 1997

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Herr, H. W. (1997), Quality of life in prostate cancer patients. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 47: 207–217. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.47.4.207

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  1. Herr is Associate Attending Surgeon in the Urology Service, Department of Surgery, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York

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  1. Issue published online: 31 DEC 2008
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