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Over the past 10 years, dramatic changes have occurred in thediscipline of urologic oncology. The use of laparoscopy andthe concept of minimally invasive surgery with organ-sparingtechniques have gained wide clinical acceptance. A better understandingof genitourinary anatomy has allowed modification of surgicaltechniques to reduce the considerable morbidity associated withmajor cancer surgery. Advanced imaging techniques, such as spiralcomputed tomographic scanning and pelvic magnetic resonanceimaging, have improved the accuracy of clinical staging anddiagnosis. In prostate cancer, such major developments as thediscovery of the tumor marker prostate-specific antigen havepermanently altered the diagnosis and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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