Sexual function after permanent 125I-brachytherapy for prostate cancer

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-101

  Mabjeesh, N ^a   Chen, J ^a   Beri, A ^a   Stenger, A ^a   Matzkin, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Erectile function; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; IODINE 125; SILDENAFIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14544281523     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901271     Document Type: Article

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