Complications after treatment with external-beam irradiation in early- stage prostate cancer patients: A prospective multiinstitutional outcomes study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Beard, C J ^a   Propert, K J ^a   Rieker, P P ^a   Clark, J A ^a   Kaplan, I ^a   Kantoff, P W ^a   Talcott, J A ^a  

^a HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION HAZARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031036178     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.1.223     Document Type: Article

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