Brachytherapy versus prostatectomy in localized prostate cancer: Results of a French multicenter prospective medico-economic study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 812-822

  Buron, Catherine ^a   Le Vu, Beatrice ^a   Cosset, Jean Marc ^a   Pommier, Pascal ^b   Peiffert, Didier ^c   Delannes, Martine ^d   Flam, Thierry ^e   Guerif, Stephane ^f   Salem, Naji ^g   Chauveinc, Laurent ^h   Livartowski, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^c CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^d INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^e Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^f POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^h Clinique Hartmann   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Health related quality of life; Localized prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Societal costs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COSTS; HOSPITALS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SOCIETAL COSTS;

TUMORS;

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYSURIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33846846272     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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