Brachytherapy
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22, January 2010

External beam radiotherapy plus high-dose-rate brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer: The initial experience of the Catalan Institute of Oncology

  • Francesca Pistis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Regional Centre of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Ferran Guedea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), University of Barcelona (UB), Gran vía s/n, Km 2, 7, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34-93-2607722; fax: +34-93-2607725.
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  • Joan Pera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Cristina Gutierrez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Montse Ventura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Alfredo Polo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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  • Evelyn Martinez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ana Boladeras

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ferran Ferrer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Pietro Gabriele

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Regional Centre of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Luis Linares

      Affiliations

    • East Jefferson General Hospital, New Orleans, LA

Received 17 September 2008; received in revised form 8 January 2009; accepted 7 May 2009. published online 07 September 2009.

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PII: S1538-4721(09)00271-2

doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2009.05.001

Brachytherapy
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22, January 2010