Biochemical and Functional Outcomes Following Brachytherapy With or Without Supplemental Therapies in Men ≤50 Years of Age With Clinically Organ-Confined Prostate Cancer

S. Merrick, Gregory; E. Wallner, Kent; W. Galbreath, Robert; M. Butler, Wayne; G. Brammer, Sarah; A. Allen, Zachariah; H. Lief, Jonathan; Adamovich, Edward

doi:10.1097/coc.0b013e318172dcb7

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Biochemical and Functional Outcomes Following Brachytherapy With or Without Supplemental Therapies in Men ≤50 Years of Age With Clinically Organ-Confined Prostate Cancer

Published in American Journal of Clinical Oncology • Nov 25, 2008

Authors:

Gregory S. Merrick

Kent E. Wallner

Robert W. Galbreath

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Despite favorable long-term prostate brachytherapy outcomes, there remains a bias to recommend radical prostatectomy for young patients. Herein, we report cause-specific survival, biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS), overall survival and functional outcomes in men 13 without mec...

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Medicine

Prostate cancer

Brachytherapy

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