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Combined Radiotherapy for Carcinoma of the Prostate

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Surgery of the Male Reproductive Tract

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The presently accepted treatment for apparent early stage prostate carcinoma is radical surgery. However, of late, some centers that have extensive experience with irradiation for control of locally advanced prostatic carcinoma have suggested that early prostatic carcinoma may be adequately treated by one of several methods of radiotherapy and even some locally advanced cases may actually be cured by this method of treatment.

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  1. Houston, Texas, USA

    L. I. Lipshultz  & J. N. Corriere Jr.  & 

  2. Detroit, Michigan, USA

    E. S. E. Hafez

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Guerriero, W.G. (1980). Combined Radiotherapy for Carcinoma of the Prostate. In: Lipshultz, L.I., Corriere, J.N., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Surgery of the Male Reproductive Tract. Clinics in Andrology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8849-1_21

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