Quality of life, sexual function and decisional regret at 1 year after surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 780-785

  Davison, B Joyce ^a,b   So, Alan I ^a   Goldenberg, S Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Urological Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision control; Decision regret; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Radical prostatectomy; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548429315     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07043.x     Document Type: Article

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