Living after external beam radiotherapy of localized prostate cancer: A qualitative analysis of patient narratives

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-317

  Hedestig, Oliver ^a   Sandman, Per Olof ^a   Tomic, Radisa ^a   Widmark, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Living with cancer; Localized prostate cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 23244448946     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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