Assessing mood and general health-related quality of life among men treated in Australia for localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-316

  Newton, Fiona ^a   Burney, Sue ^a,d   Frydenberg, Mark ^a,b   Millar, Jeremy ^c   Ng, Kim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Medical Center

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Mood; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWO TAILED TEST;

EID: 34247560867     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01720.x     Document Type: Article

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