International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 812-822 , 1 March 2007

Brachytherapy versus prostatectomy in localized prostate cancer: Results of a French multicenter prospective medico-economic study

  • Catherine Buron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Information, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  • Beatrice Le Vu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Information, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  • Jean-Marc Cosset, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology/Radiotherapy, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  • Pascal Pommier, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France
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  • Didier Peiffert, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy, France
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  • Martine Delannes, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France
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  • Thierry Flam, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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  • Stephane Guerif, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Poitiers, France
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  • Naji Salem, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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  • Laurent Chauveinc, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Clinique Hartmann, Neuilly sur Seine, France
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  • Alain Livartowski, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Information, Institut Curie, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Alain Livartowski, M.D., Department of Medical Information, Institut Curie, 25 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France. Tel: (+33) 1-4432-4683; Fax: (+33) 1-5310-4039

Received 21 April 2006 ,Revised 20 September 2006 ,Accepted 4 October 2006.

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 Supported by a grant from the French Ministry of Health STIC 2000.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(06)03247-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.011

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 812-822 , 1 March 2007

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