Quality of life of patients with prostate cancer and their spouses. The value of a data base in clinical care

Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 2791-2802

  Kornblith, Alice B ^a   Herr, Harry W ^a   Ofman, Ursula S ^a   Scher, Howard I ^a   Holland, Jimmie C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; hormone therapy; prostate cancer; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0028236854     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940601)73:11<2791::AID-CNCR2820731123>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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