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Iodine 125 interstitial irradiation for localized prostate cancer
P P Kumar1, R R Good, F F Bartone
1Department of Radiology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
We present the technique, complications, and 5-year results of transperineal percutaneous template permanent interstitial iodine 125 endocurietherapy of localized prostate cancer in 85 treated patients. The 5-year outcome appears similar to that of external beam radiation therapy or radical surgery, but the iatrogenic mortality, morbidity, treatment time, and hospitalization are significantly reduced.