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Comment
. 2020 Jun 1;126(11):2718.
doi: 10.1002/cncr.32788. Epub 2020 Feb 19.

The 5-year relative survival of older patients with prostate cancer is insignificantly different from the 5-year survival of all men of a similar age

Steven Lehrer  1 , Peter H Rheinstein  2
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The 5-year relative survival of older patients with prostate cancer is insignificantly different from the 5-year survival of all men of a similar age

Steven Lehrer et al. Cancer. .
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