Quality of life in young men after radical prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Wright, J L ^a   Lin, D W ^a   Cowan, J E ^b   Carroll, P R ^b   Litwin, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 39149110308     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500980     Document Type: Article

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