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Effect of family history on outcomes in patients treated with definitive brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 1 Jan 2009
Peters Christopher A, Stock Richard G, Blacksburg Seth R, Stone Nelson N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the impact familial prostate cancer has on prognosis in men treated with brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A total of 1,738 consecutive patients with prostate cancer (cT1-3, N0/X, M0) received low-dose-rate brachytherapy alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy or hormone ablation from 1992 to 2005. The primary end-point was...
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