The Effect of Brachytherapy, External Beam Irradiation and Hormonal Therapy on Prostate Volume

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 925-928

  Stone, Nelson N ^a   Stock, Richard G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antiandrogens; brachytherapy; prostate; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846811728     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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