Urethral toxicity vs. cancer control--lessons to be learned from high-dose rate brachytherapy combined with intensity-modulated radiation therapy in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer.
Ghadjar
Pirus
P
Department of Radiation Oncology with Division of Medical Radiation Physics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, Bern, Switzerland.
Rentsch
Cyrill A
CA
Isaak
Bernhard
B
Behrensmeier
Frank
F
Thalmann
George N
GN
Aebersold
Daniel M
DM
D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D019160:Endosonography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000528:radiation effects*