Brachytherapy
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Multicenter Study
Prostate brachytherapy: a descriptive analysis from CaPSURE.
The purpose of this study was to describe demographic and clinical characteristics in a large disease registry of prostate cancer patients treated with prostate brachytherapy (PB) and to identify factors influencing the use of supplemental external beam (SEB) radiation therapy and choice of isotope. ⋯ The use of SEB is associated with disease characteristics. SEB has increased over the period studied. Isotope choice is associated with patient demographics and disease characteristics.