Erectile function after brachytherapy with external beam radiation for prostate cancer

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-301

  Fujioka, H ^a   Ishimura, T ^a   Sakai, Y ^a   Fujii, T ^a   Jo, Y ^a   Takenaka, A ^a   Fujisawa, M ^a,b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; High dose rate brachytherapy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; POTENCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961198395     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490448444     Document Type: Article

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