## BACKGROUND. In the treatment of prostate carcinoma, radiotherapy and surgery are common choices of comparable efficacy; thus a realistic comparison of the potential long term sequelae, such as the risk of second malignancy, may be of relevance to treatment choice. ## METHODS. Data regarding th
Bladder carcinoma and other second malignancies after radiotherapy for prostate carcinoma
โ Scribed by Alfred I. Neugut; Habibul Ahsan; Eliezer Robinson; Ronald D. Ennis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
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