Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is the most common malignancy diagnosed among men in the United States today. Brachytherapy permits conformal radiotherapy and dose escalation, and it offers the convenience of a single-day outpatient procedure which is very attractive to patients with a busy life-styl
Brachytherapy techniques in carcinoma of the prostate
โ Scribed by Graeme M. Giles
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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