Early or delayed radiotherapy after prostatectomy-who really benefits?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Henk van der Poel et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;6(3):593-594.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.03.68.

¹ Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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