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Incidence and Prognostic Factors for Complications After Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy

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Recent improvements in radioactive seed implantation techniques have established prostate brachytherapy as a highly effective treatment modality for localized prostate cancer, with long-term local and biochemical control similar to outcomes observed after radical prostatectomy and external beam radiation therapy.

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    Stefan Machtens

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Machtens, S. (2013). Incidence and Prognostic Factors for Complications After Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy. In: Kovács, G., Hoskin, P. (eds) Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36499-0_18

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