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Clinical outcome in prostate cancer treated with magnetic resonance imaging-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy combined with external beam radiotherapy

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Pages 1647-1651 | Received 01 May 2017, Accepted 21 Jun 2017, Published online: 25 Aug 2017

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