Urethral strictures following high-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer: Analysis of risk factors

Brachytherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-55

  Hindson, Benjamin R ^a,b   Millar, Jeremy L ^a,b   Matheson, Bronwyn ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

High dose rate brachytherapy; Late toxicity; Prostate cancer; Urethral stricture

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URETHRA STRICTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL STRICTURE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84871759747     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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