Education predicts quality of life among men with prostate cancer cared for in the department of veterans affairs: A longitudinal quality of life analysis from CaPSURE

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1769-1776

  Knight, Sara J ^a,b,c   Latini, David M ^d,e   Hart, Stacey L ^a,b   Sadetsky, Natalia ^c   Kane, Christopher J ^a,c,h   DuChane, Janeen ^f   Carroll, Peter R ^a,b   Cochran, James S ^g   Finnerty, Donald P ⁱ   Kramolowsky, Eugene V ^j   Segaul, Robert M ^k   Sieber, Paul ^l   Brosman, Stanley A ^m   Conrad, Lynn W ⁿ   Chee Awai, Ronald A ^o   Flanagan, Michael ^p   Cohen, Jeffrey K ^q   Sharkey, Jerrold ^r   Coleman, Thomas W ^s   Silbar, Elliott C ^t   Ray, Paul S ^u   Noyes, David ^v   Mostafavi, Mohammed ^w   Keeler III, Louis ^x   Gottesman, James ^y   Tolia, Bhupendra M ^z   Daily, Patrick P ^aa   Wells, Glen ^ab   Kahnoski, Richard J ^ac   Freedman, Sheldon J ^ad   Clark, Randil ^ae   Lin, Daniel W ^af   Austenfeld, Mark ^ag   Lanctin, Henri P ^ah   Thrasher, J Brantley ^ai   Bowyer, David W ^aj   more..

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC   (United States)

^g Urology Clinic of North Texas   (Mexico)

^h SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ PAPP Clinic   (United States)

^j Virginia Urology Center   (United States)

^k Urology Associates of West Broward Belle Terre   (United States)

^l Urological Associates of Lancaster   (United States)

^m Pacific Clinical Research   (United States)

ⁿ Conrad Pearson Clinic ^*  (United States)

^o Urologic Institute of New Oreans   (United States)

^p Urology Specialists   (United States)

^q Triangle Urological Group   (United States)

^r Urology Health Center   (United States)

^s Mobile Urology Group   (United States)

^t Clinic of Urology   (United States)

^u Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^v Berkshire Associates   (United States)

^w Western New England University   (United States)

^x Delaware Valley Urology LLC Voorhees   (United States)

^y Seattle Urological Associates   (United States)

^z Associated Advanced Adult and Pediatric Urology   (United States)

^aa Mississippi Urology   (United States)

^ab Urology Centers of Alabama   (United States)

^ac Michigan Medical   (United States)

^ad North Idaho Urology ^*

^ae and Critical Care   (United States)

^af Veteran's Administration Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^ag Kansas City Urology Care   (United States)

^ah Adult and Pediatric Urology   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^aj Snake River Urology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Disparities; Education; Health related quality of life; Prostate cancer; Socioeconomic status; VA health care system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34247618655     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22597     Document Type: Article

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