Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2008

The “Golden Age” of prostate brachytherapy: A cautionary tale

  • Jesse N. Aronowitz

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Massachusetts Medical School, 33 Kendall Street, Levine Cancer Center, Worcester, MA 01605. Tel.: +1-508-334-6550; fax: +1-508-334-5624.

Received 24 August 2007 ,Revised 23 December 2007 ,Accepted 27 December 2007.

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PII: S1538-4721(07)00286-3

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.12.004

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2008

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