A comparison of radiation dose to the neurovascular bundles in men with and without prostate brachytherapy-induced erectile dysfunction

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1069-1074

  Merrick, Gregory S ^a,b   Butler, Wayne M ^a   Dorsey, Anthony T ^a   Lief, Jonathan H ^a,c   Donzella, Joseph G ^a  

^a WHEELING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Erectile dysfunction; Neurovascular bundles; Prostate; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM 103; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PSYCHOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; BRACHYTHERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034333290     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00746-X     Document Type: Article

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