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Sparing erectile structures during radiation therapy of the prostate using MRI

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boxed-textMcLaughlin PW et al. (2005) Vessel-sparing prostate radiotherapy: dose limitation to critical erectile vascular structures (internal pudendal artery and corpus cavernosum) defined by MRI. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 61: 20–31

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