Prostate cancer control and survival in Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Everly, Lydia ^a   Merrick, Gregory S ^a   Allen, Zachariah A ^a   Butler, Wayne M ^a   Wallner, Kent ^b   Lief, Jonathan H ^a   Galbreath, Robert W ^a   Adamovich, Edward ^c  

^a WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WHEELING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; VETERAN;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 58149503983     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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