Serum testosterone kinetics after brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Taira, Al V ^a   Merrick, Gregory S ^b   Galbreath, Robert W ^b   Butler, Wayne M ^b   Lief, Jonathan H ^b   Allen, Zachariah A ^b   Wallner, Kent E ^c  

^a Western Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; PSA; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PSA; SERUM TESTOSTERONE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

BODY FLUIDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

DISEASES;

PALLADIUM 103; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLADIUM; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83955162957     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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