Increased number of prostate cancer patients selecting high dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: namuraka@ncc.go.jp.
² Department of Medical Physics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Comment

Naoya Murakami et al. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan:154:274-275.

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.11.015. Epub 2020 Nov 21.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: namuraka@ncc.go.jp.
² Department of Medical Physics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; High dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy.

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