The impact of repeat biopsies on infectious complications in men with prostate cancer on active surveillance.

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Published in J Urol on September 07, 2013

Authors

Behfar Ehdaie1, Emily Vertosick2, Massimiliano Spaliviero3, Anna Giallo-Uvino3, Ying Taur4, Maryellen O'Sullivan3, Jennifer Livingston3, Pramod Sogani5, James Eastham5, Peter Scardino5, Karim Touijer6

Author Affiliations

1: Urology Service, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
2: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
3: Urology Service, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
4: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
5: Urology Service, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York.
6: Urology Service, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York. Electronic address: touijera@mskcc.org.

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