Chronic fatigue after radiotherapy for carcinoma of the prostate: Correlation with anorectal and genitourinary function

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-297

  Vordermark, Dirk ^a   Schwab, Michael ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a   Sailer, Marco ^a   Kölbl, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the prostate; Fatigue; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANUS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036229624     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00492-3     Document Type: Article

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