Radical prostatectomy and quality of life among African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 988-993

  Ukoli, Flora A ^a   Lynch, Barlow S ^b   Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Incontinence; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Radical prostatectomy; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPETITE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 36048956467     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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