HDR Brachytherapy in the Management of High-Risk Prostate Cancer

High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is used with increasing frequency for the treatment of prostate cancer. It is a technique which allows delivery of large individual fractions to the prostate without exposing adjacent normal tissues to unacceptable toxicity. This approach is particularly favourable...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Susan Masson, Raj Persad, Amit Bahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/980841