Decline in urinary retention incidence in 805 patients after prostate brachytherapy: the effect of learning curve?

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on March 01, 2006

Authors

Mira Keyes1, Devin Schellenberg, Veronika Moravan, Michael McKenzie, Alexander Agranovich, Tom Pickles, Jonn Wu, Mitchell Liu, Joseph Bucci, W James Morris

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Vancouver Cancer Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mkeyes@bccancer.bc.ca

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