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

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 597-604

  Merrick, Gregory S ^a,b   Wallner, Kent ^c   Butler, Wayne M ^a   Galbreath, Robert W ^a,d   Lief, Jonathan H ^a,d   Benson, Mark L ^a  

^a WHEELING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Bulb of the penis; Prostate; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); ISOTOPES; PATIENT MONITORING;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ED);

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SILDENAFIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLADIUM; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035400476     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01475-4     Document Type: Article

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