Quality of life before death for men with prostate cancer: Results from the CapSURE database

Journal of Urology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 871-875

  Litwin, Mark S ^a,b,c,d   Lubeck, Deborah P ^a,b,c,d   Stoddard, Marcia L ^a,b,c,d   Pasta, David J ^a,b,c,d   Flanders, Scott C ^a,b,c,d   Henning, James M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TAP Holdings Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0035131315     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66547-0     Document Type: Article

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