Dawn of prostate brachytherapy: 1915-1930

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 712-718

  Aronowitz, Jesse N ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; History of medicine; Prostate neoplasms; Radium

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RADIOTHERAPY; RADIUM; RADON; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

RADIUM; RADON;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NUMISMATICS; PORTRAITS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036837118     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02987-5     Document Type: Article

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