Analysis of the Impact of Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Sildenafil Citrate Response Following Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2521-2525

  Teloken, Patrick E ^a   Ohebshalom, Michael ^a   Mohideen, Najeeb ^a   Mulhall, John P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen antagonists; impotence; prostate; prostatic neoplasms; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PURINES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748950112     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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