In yet another utterly unsurprising “research” finding, a new article in the Journal of Urology has shown that — in the USA — minority prostate cancer patients and prostate cancer patients treated under Medicaid are less likely to have their prostates removed at high-experience and high-volume hospitals where there is high use of robot-assisted surgical techniques. … READ MORE …
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