Disease-specific quality of life among patients with localized prostate cancer: An Australian perspective

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1179-1183

  Newton, Fiona J ^a   Burney, Sue ^a,b   Millar, Jeremy L ^a   Frydenberg, Mark ^a   Ng, Kim T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Urology Monash Medical Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VALIDITY;

EID: 33745206051     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06152.x     Document Type: Article

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