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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

15-year prospective follow-up of patient-reported outcomes of late bowel toxicity after external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. A comparison with age-matched controls

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Pages 517-524 | Received 06 Oct 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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