Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 277-279 , October 2008

Point: Radical prostatectomy is the treatment of choice for high-risk prostate cancer patients

  • Judd W. Moul

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Professor and Chief, Division of Urologic Surgery, Director, Duke Prostate Center, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3707, Room 1573, Duke South-White Zone, Durham, NC 27710. Tel.: +1-919-684-5057; fax: +1-919-684-8794.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00608-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.08.003

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 277-279 , October 2008

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