Prostate Cancer Before 50: A Wake-Up Call

Puneet Kumar Bagri; Kiran G. Chaudhary; Himanshi A. Jain; Amruta Tripathy

doi:10.1055/s-0045-1811941

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, Table of Contents

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DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1811941

Editorial

Prostate Cancer Before 50: A Wake-Up Call

Authors

Puneet Kumar Bagri

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Shree Krishna Hospital, Anand, Gujarat, India
Kiran G. Chaudhary

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Shree Krishna Hospital, Anand, Gujarat, India
Himanshi A. Jain

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Shree Krishna Hospital, Anand, Gujarat, India
Amruta Tripathy

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Shree Krishna Hospital, Anand, Gujarat, India

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