Rectal fistulae after salvage high-intensity focused ultrasound for recurrent prostate cancer after combined brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-323

  Ahmed, Hashim U ^a   Ishaq, Ayesha ^a   Zacharakis, Evangelos ^a   Shaw, Greg ^a   Illing, Rowland ^b   Allen, Clare ^c   Kirkham, Alex ^c   Emberton, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIFU; High intensity focused ultrasound; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Rectourethral fistula; Salvage; Transrectal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM FISTULA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 58449128495     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08026.x     Document Type: Article

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