International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 674-679 , 1 November 2006

Treatment of penile carcinoma: To cut or not to cut?

Presented at the Forty Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, GA, October 3–9, 2004, and at the Twenty Third Annual Meeting of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 24–28, 2004.

  • Mahmut Ozsahin, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Patrice Jichlinski, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Damien C. Weber, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • David Azria, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, INSERM EMI 0227, CRLC Paul Lamarque-Val d’Aurelle, Montpellier, France
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  • Michel Zimmermann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Louis Guillou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Shelley Bulling, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Raphael Moeckli, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • René O. Mirimanoff, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Abderrahim Zouhair, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Abderrahim Zouhair, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; Tel: (+41) 21-314-4604; Fax: (+41)21-314-4601;

Received 15 March 2006 ,Revised 28 May 2006 ,Accepted 31 May 2006.

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PII: S0360-3016(06)00975-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.053

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 674-679 , 1 November 2006

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