Induced second cancers after prostate-cancer radiotherapy: No cause for concern?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 637-639

  Brenner, David J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECOND CANCER; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; SMOKING; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33646931546     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.02.044     Document Type: Editorial

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