The quality of surgical pathology care for men undergoing radical prostatectomy in the U.S.

The authors assessed adherence with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) radical prostatectomy (RP) practice protocol in a national sample of men who underwent RP for early‐stage prostate cancer.

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