Differences in urologist and patient assessments of health related quality of life in men with prostate cancer: Results of the capsure database

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1988-1992

  Litwin, Mark S ^a   Lubeck, Deborah P ^a   Henning, James M ^a   Carroll, Peter R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0032413837     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63222-1     Document Type: Article

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