Gay men and prostate cancer: Invisible diversity

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2593-2596

  Blank, Thomas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNICITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; SEXUALITY;

HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 18444368413     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.00.968     Document Type: Note

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