Does hormonal therapy influence sexual function in men receiving 3D conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 591-595

  Chen, Christopher T ^a   Valicenti, Richard K ^a   Lu, Jiandong ^b   Derose, Troy ^a   Dicker, Adam P ^a   Strup, Stephen E ^a   Mulholland, S Grant ^a   Hirsch, Irvin H ^b   McGinnis, David E ^a   Gomella, Leonard G ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiation therapy; Hormonal therapy; Potency; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

HORMONAL THERAPHY; SEXUAL FUNCTIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EJACULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0035400368     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01504-8     Document Type: Article

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