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Pelvic second malignancy occurred twice as often after brachytherapy for prostate cancer as compared with radical prostatectomy, a large retrospective review showed. Second pelvic malignancy — including bladder and rectum — rates after brachytherapy were 6.4% at 15 and 9.8% at 20 years. That compared with 3.2% and 4.2% after prostatectomy. The risk of invasive […]
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Publish date : 2024-04-23 21:21:28
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