Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer 2017

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Anatomic variability of the prostatic apex. Depending on the individual apex shape, between 10% and 40% of the functional urethra is covered by parenchymal apex tissue. Otherwise, the prostatic apex is covered by some muscular tissue on the ventral and rectal aspects as rudiments of embryonic and adolescent prostatic development.

Thorsten Schlomm et al. Eur Urol 2011;2:320-329

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