Role of surgery in managing local recurrence following external-beam radiation therapy

Pontes, J.E.

Urologic Clinics of North America 21(4): 701-706

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 0094-0143
PMID: 7526516
Document Number: 429438
Salvage surgery for radiation failure in prostate cancer has improved over the last 10 to 15 years owing to earlier detection of failure and better selection of patients. Regardless of the percentage of complications associated with this procedure, it presents the only viable alternative for potential cure of patients failing radiation therapy.

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