Do prostate cancer patients want to choose their own radiation treatment?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1105-1111

  van Tol Geerdink, Julia J ^a   Stalmeier, Peep F M ^a   van Lin, Emile N J T ^a   Schimmel, Erik C ^b   Huizenga, Henk ^a   van Daal, Wim A J ^a   Leer, Jan Willem ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Arnhems Radiotherapeutisch Instituut   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Participation preference; Patient involvement; Prostate cancer; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DECISION AIDS; PARTICIPATION PREFERENCE; PATIENT INVOLVEMENTS; PROSTATE CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33750370855     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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