Brachytherapy for prostate cancer in Japan

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages S22-S27

  Saito, Shiro ^a   Momma, Tetsuo ^a   Dokiya, Takushi ^a   Murai, Masaru ^b  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Iridium 192; Low dose rate; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; POLITEF; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLADIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035570469     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2001.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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