Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 231-236 , July 2008

Prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy as salvage treatment of local failure after previous external or permanent seed irradiation for prostate cancer

  • Morgan Tharp

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Central Indiana Cancer Centers, Indianapolis, IN
    • US Oncology, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Central Indiana Cancer Centers, 1346 E. County Line Road, Indianapolis, IN 46227. Tel.: +1-317-250-7433; fax: +1-317-293-6584.
    • ,
  • Michael Hardacre

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Central Indiana Cancer Centers, Indianapolis, IN
    • US Oncology, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Rick Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Urology of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • W. Terry Jones

      Affiliations

    • Urology of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • David Stuhldreher

      Affiliations

    • Urology of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Jeff Vaught

      Affiliations

    • Urology of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

Received 31 December 2007 ,Revised 24 March 2008 ,Accepted 26 March 2008.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00556-4

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.03.003

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 231-236 , July 2008

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