Current Problems in Cancer
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 168-193 , July 2006

Laparoscopic Approaches to Renal Malignancies

  • Philip L. Ross, MD
    • ,
  • Maxwell V. Meng, MD
    • ,
  • Christopher J. Kane, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Christopher J. Kane, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, University of California San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Rm A607, San Francisco, CA 94143-0738, USA

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