Iodine 125 brachytherapy in prostate cancer : Prognostic factors for long-term urinary, digestive and sexual toxicities.
Purpose. – For patients with good urinary function and presenting with a low risk prostate cancer, prostate brachytherapy using iodine implants represents one of the techniques of reference. This retrospective analysis investigates urinary (U), digestive (D) and sexual (S) toxicities and their prognostic factors of duration. Material and methods. – From August 2000 to November 2007, 176 patients presenting with ... Read more