Timing of High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy With External Beam Radiotherapy in Intermediate and High-Risk Localized Prostate CAncer (THEPCA) Patients and Its Effects on Toxicity and Quality of Life: Protocol of a Randomized Feasibility Trial
Timing of High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy With External Beam Radiotherapy in Intermediate and High-Risk Localized Prostate CAncer (THEPCA) Patients and Its Effects on Toxicity and Quality of Life: Protocol of a Randomized Feasibility Trial
Sreekanth Palvai
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, MBBS,MSc Trans Med ;
Michael Harrison
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, MPharm,MBA ;
Sharon Shibu Thomas
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, BSc MRT ;
Karen Hayden
2
, BSc (Psych),MSc ;
James Green
1
, BSc,MSc ;
Oliver Anderson
2
, BSc ;
Lavinia Romero
1
, BSc (Physics),MSc (Radiation Physics) ;
Richard Lodge
1
, BSc,MBChB,FRCS,FRCS (Eng) ;
Patricia Burns
1
, BHlthSc ;
Imtiaz Ahmed
1
, MBBS,MRCP,FRCR
1
Southend University Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, National Health Service, Essex, United Kingdom
2
Anglia Ruskin - Clinical Trials Unit, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Corresponding Author:
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Imtiaz Ahmed, MBBS,MRCP,FRCR
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Southend University Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust
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National Health Service
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Prittlewell Chase
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Westcliff-on-Sea
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Essex, SS0 0RY
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United Kingdom
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Phone:
44 01702 435555
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Fax: 44 01702 385856
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Email: Imtiaz.Ahmed@southend.nhs.uk