The role of high-dose rate brachytherapy in locally advanced prostate cancer.

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Published in Semin Radiat Oncol on April 01, 2003

Authors

Frank A Vicini1, Carlos Vargas, Gregory Edmundson, Larry Kestin, Alvaro Martinez

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48072, USA. fvicini@beaumont.edu

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