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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Urology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/980841 |