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Letter to the Editor on: A. Siegmann et al. Dose Escalation for Patients with Decreasing PSA during Radiotherapy for Elevated PSA after Radical Prostatectomy Improves Biochemical ProgressionFree Survival. Results of a Retrospective Study

in: Strahlenther Onkol 2011;187:467–72 (No. 8) (DOI 10.1007/s00066-011-2229-3)

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Pirus Ghadjar

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany

    Thomas Wiegel

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Ghadjar, P., Wiegel, T. Letter to the Editor on: A. Siegmann et al. Dose Escalation for Patients with Decreasing PSA during Radiotherapy for Elevated PSA after Radical Prostatectomy Improves Biochemical ProgressionFree Survival. Results of a Retrospective Study. Strahlenther Onkol 187, 763–764 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-011-9229-1

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