Regret of treatment decision and its association with disease-specific quality of life following prostate cancer treatment

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 449-457

  Diefenbach, Michael A ^a,b   Mohamed, Nihal E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Regret of treatment decision; Treatment modality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 34548823824     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900701359460     Document Type: Article

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