Sociodemographic characteristics and health related quality of life in men attending prostate cancer support groups

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2092-2096

  Katz, Dana ^a   Koppie, Theresa M ^a   Wu, David ^a   Meng, Maxwell V ^a   Grossfeld, Gary D ^a   Sadesky, Natalia ^a   Lubeck, Deborah P ^a   Carroll, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of life; Self help groups

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036837446     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64303-0     Document Type: Article

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