The path to quality prostate seed implants.

نویسندگان

  • Xinglei Shen
  • Timothy N Showalter
چکیده

© The Canadian Journal of UrologyTM; 20(5); October 2013 Address correspondence to Dr. Timothy N. Showalter, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1215 Lee Street, Box 800383, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA The path to quality prostate seed implants Xinglei Shen, MD,1 Timothy N. Showalter, MD2 1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Cancer Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Referring to the article published on pp. 6907-6912 in this issue

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Canadian journal of urology

دوره 20 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013