Radiation therapy for prostate cancer

References

Citations

  1. National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the American Cancer Society (2004). Prostate Cancer: Treatment Guidelines for Patients, version IV, pp. 1–59. Jenkintown, PA: National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

  2. National Cancer Institute (2006): Prostate Cancer (PDQ): Treatment—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/prostate/HealthProfessional.

  3. Scher HI, et al. (2005). Cancer of the prostate. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7th ed., pp. 1192–1259. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.


Author: Bets Davis, MFALast Updated: July 24, 2006
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology/Oncology

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