Incomplete and Inconsistent Information Provided to Men Making Decisions for Treatment of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 941-945

  Snow, Stephanie L ^a   Panton, Rachel L ^b   Butler, Lorna J ^a   Wilke, Derek R ^a   Rutledge, Robert D H ^a   Bell, David G ^a   Rendon, Ricardo A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247565539     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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