Short-term prognosis of low-risk prostate cancer patients is favorable despite the presence of pathological prognostic factors: a retrospective study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe protocol for this research project has been approved by a suitably constituted Ethics Committee of each institution, and it conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki (Mie University Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee, Approval No. H2020-110 and institutional review boards). As the study design was retrospective and observational, the requirement for obtaining informed consent from the participants was waived by the Mie University Clinical Research Review Committee (approval number H2020-110). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

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