Rectourethral Fistula After Combination Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 898-901

  Marguet, Charles ^a   Raj, Ganesh V ^a   Brashears, James H ^a   Anscher, Mitchell S ^a   Ludwig, Kirk ^a   Mouraviev, Vladimir ^a   Robertson, Cary N ^a   Polascik, Thomas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FISTULA; GRACILIS FLAP; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTOURETHRAL FISTULA; RECTUM BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY FISTULA;

EID: 34247557469     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.044     Document Type: Article

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