The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 6 , Pages 2677-2681 , December 2009

Low Annual Caseloads of United States Surgeons Conducting Radical Prostatectomy

  • Caroline J. Savage
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Vickers

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 307 East 63rd St., New York, New York 10021 (telephone: 646-735-8142; FAX: 646-735-0011)

Received 24 March 2009

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 Supported by the Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, by a P50-CA92629 SPORE Grant from the National Cancer Institute and by funds from David H. Koch provided through the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

PII: S0022-5347(09)02056-4

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.034

The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 6 , Pages 2677-2681 , December 2009

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