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Green, H.D., Merriel, S.W.D., Oram, R.A. et al. Response to: Genetic risk scores may compound rather than solve the issue of prostate cancer overdiagnosis (BJC-LT3342090). Br J Cancer 128, 487–488 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-022-02081-1
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