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UROLOGY
Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of
Surgery, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333
Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
(M. C. Smaldone, R. G. Uzzo).
Correspondence to: R. G. Uzzo
r_uzzo@fccc.edu
Competing interests
The authors declare no competing interests.
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