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Editorial
. 2018 Apr;7(2):280-282.
doi: 10.21037/tau.2018.03.10.

Red patches during bladder cancer surveillance: to biopsy or not to biopsy?

Ditte Drejer  1   2   3 , Jørgen Bjerggaard Jensen  1   2 , Richard T Bryan  3
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Editorial

Red patches during bladder cancer surveillance: to biopsy or not to biopsy?

Ditte Drejer et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2018 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: JB Jensen and RT Bryan have contributed to advisory boards for Olympus Medical Systems. The other author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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