Quality of life in locally advanced prostate cancer patients who underwent hormonal treatment combined with radiotherapy

Nishinihon Journal of Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Koga, Hirofumi ^a   Naito, Seiji ^a   Ito, Kazuto ^b   Yamanaka, Hidetoshi ^b   Usami, Michiyuki ^c   Fukui, Iwao ^d   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^e   Matsuoka, Naoki ^f   Fujimoto, Hiroyuki ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormonal therapy; Prostate cancer; QOL; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

BEAM THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 2442446267     PISSN: 00290726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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