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When Primary Care Providers (PCPs) Help Patients Choose Prostate Cancer Treatment

Archana Radhakrishnan, David Grande, Michelle Ross, Nandita Mitra, Justin Bekelman, Christian Stillson and Craig Evan Pollack
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2017, 30 (3) 298-307; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.160359

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