Prostate cancer with large glands treated with 3-dimensional computerized tomography guided pararectal brachytherapy: Up to 8 years of followup

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1331-1336

  Koutrouvelis, Panos G ^a   Lailas, Niko ^a   Katz, Stuart ^a   Sehn, James ^a   Gil Montero, Guillermo ^a   Khawand, Nabil ^a  

^a Uro Radiology Prostate Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Imaging, three dimensional; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PALLADIUM 103; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0037376294     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000055773.91290.e8     Document Type: Article

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