Effect of combined treatment with salvage radiotherapy plus androgen suppression on quality of life in patients with recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-83

  Pearce, Andrew ^a,b   Choo, Richard ^b,c   Danjoux, Cyril ^b   Morton, Gerard ^b   Loblaw, D Andrew ^b   Szumacher, Ewa ^b   Cheung, Patrick ^b   Deboer, Gerrit ^b   Chander, Sarat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen suppression; Quality of life; Recurrent prostate cancer; Salvage radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

ANDROGEN SUPPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT PROSTATE CANCER; SALVAGE RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BUSERELIN ACETATE; NILUTAMIDE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALVAGE THERAPY; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33645976155     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.11.041     Document Type: Article

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