Patient-reported impotence and incontinence after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1117-1123

  Talcott, James A ^a,e   Rieker, Patricia ^a   Propert, Kathleen J ^b   Clark, Jack A ^a   Wishnow, Kenneth I ^c   Loughlin, Kevin R ^d   Richie, Jerome P ^d   Kantoff, Philip W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030838454     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.15.1117     Document Type: Article

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