Sexual potency following interactive ultrasound-guided brachytherapy for prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Stock, Richard G ^a,b   Stone, Nelson N ^a   Iannuzzi, Christopher ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Potency; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030014403     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02050-0     Document Type: Article

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