Quality of life in urologic oncology: New aspects;Neues zur lebensqualität in der urologischen onkologie

Onkologie

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2003, Pages 30-34

  Doehn, C ^a   Jocham, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bowel function; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Sexual function; Voiding

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENCE; CYSTOSCOPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MICTURITION; ONCOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242657464     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074743     Document Type: Review

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