Recommendations for the treatment of localized prostate cancer by permanent interstitial brachytherapy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Hakenberg, Oliver W ^c   Wirth, M P ^d   Hermann, T ^d   Alken, P ^d   Kovacs, G ^d   Muller R P ^d   Ahlemann, L ^a   Schalkhauser K ^b  

^a District Hospital Ludenscheid   (Germany)

^b Urology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Seed implantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; GERMANY; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12244287610     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067699     Document Type: Article

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