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An unrandomized prospective comparison of urinary continence, bowel symptoms and the need for further procedures in patients with and with no adjuvant radiation after radical prostatectomy

  1. T. Hofmann1,
  2. S. Gaensheimer1,
  3. A. Buchner3,
  4. R. Rohloff2,
  5. A. Schilling1

Article first published online: 21 AUG 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04365.x

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BJU International

BJU International

Volume 92, Issue 4, pages 360–364, September 2003

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Hofmann, T., Gaensheimer, S., Buchner, A., Rohloff, R. and Schilling, A. (2003), An unrandomized prospective comparison of urinary continence, bowel symptoms and the need for further procedures in patients with and with no adjuvant radiation after radical prostatectomy. BJU International, 92: 360–364. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04365.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Urology and

  2. 2

    Radiotherapy, Staedtisches Krankenhaus Muenchen-Bogenhausen, Teaching Hospital of the Technical University Munich, and

  3. 3

    Tumour Immunology Laboratory, Department of Urology, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Muenchen, Germany

*Dr T. Hofmann, Department of Urology, St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. e-mail: hofmannutp@hotmail.com

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  1. Issue published online: 21 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 21 AUG 2003
  3. Accepted for publication 11 March 2003

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