Second malignancies after prostate brachytherapy: Incidence of bladder and colorectal cancers in patients with 15 years of potential follow-up

Purpose: To report the incidence of second bladder and colorectal cancers after prostate brachytherapy. Methods and Materials: This review included 125 patients treated with I-125 brachytherapy alone, and 223 patients who received supplemental external beam radiation therapy. Median follow-up was 10...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics biology, physics, 2006-11, Vol.66 (3), p.669-673
Hauptverfasser:	Liauw, Stanley L., Sylvester, John E., Morris, Christopher G., Blasko, John C., Grimm, Peter D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over BLADDER BRACHYTHERAPY Brachytherapy - adverse effects CARCINOGENESIS CARCINOMAS Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology Colorectal Neoplasms - etiology EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH HAZARDS Humans Incidence IODINE 125 Iodine Radioisotopes - adverse effects Male Middle Aged Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology Neoplasms, Second Primary - epidemiology Neoplasms, Second Primary - etiology PATIENTS PROSTATE Prostate cancer Prostatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE Second malignancy SEER Program SIDE EFFECTS Time Factors Urethral Neoplasms - epidemiology Urethral Neoplasms - etiology Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - epidemiology Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - etiology
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