Urology
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 196-200 , February 2008

Technique for Implantation of Fiducial Markers in the Prostate

  • Katsuto Shinohara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco and UCSF/Mt. Zion Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco and UCSF/Mt. Zion Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California
    • Drs. Shinohara and Roach have been investigators in clinical trials sponsored by Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc.
    • Dr. Shinohara has been a paid consultant of Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katsuto Shinohara, M.D., University of California San Francisco and UCSF/Mt. Zion Comprehensive Cancer, Box 0711, San Francisco, CA 94143-0711.
    • ,
  • Mack Roach III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco and UCSF/Mt. Zion Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco and UCSF/Mt. Zion Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California
    • Drs. Shinohara and Roach have been investigators in clinical trials sponsored by Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc.

Received 6 April 2007 ,Accepted 18 October 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02261-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.10.011

Urology
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 196-200 , February 2008

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