## Abstract Definitive treatment of localized carcinoma of the prostate has included radical surgery, external beam radiation therapy, and interstitial radiation therapy. The interstitial agent most commonly used is Iodineβ125. Fortyβeight patients were treated with interstitial radiation therapy u
Use of the royal marsden gun in I-125 interstitial therapy
β Scribed by Wagih M. M. Shehata; John E. Freshcorn
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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