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Permanent-Implant Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer

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New Technologies in Radiation Oncology

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  1. Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Marco Zaider PhD

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  1. Abteilung Medizinische Physik in der Strahlentherapie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Schlegel PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 30,Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Thomas Bortfeld PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar Technical University Munich, Ismaningerstrasse 22, 81675, München, Germany

    Anca-Ligia Grosu MD (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

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Zaider, M. (2006). Permanent-Implant Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer. In: Schlegel, W., Bortfeld, T., Grosu, AL. (eds) New Technologies in Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29999-8_29

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