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Prostate cancer

A method to estimate composite doses for organs at risk in prostate cancer patients treated with EBRT in combination with HDR BT

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Pages 815-821 | Received 15 Feb 2013, Accepted 17 Nov 2013, Published online: 24 Jan 2014

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