Radical radiotherapy for prostate cancer is the only way to go

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Sandler, Howard M ^a   Mirhadi, Amin J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; GOSERELIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449146786     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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