Prospective evaluation of sexual function in patients receiving cryosurgery as a primary radical treatment for localized prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 788-792

  Asterling, Susan ^a   Greene, Damian R ^a,b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Evaluation; Prospective; Prostate cancer; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ARGON; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

AGED; CRYOSURGERY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61349119868     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08042.x     Document Type: Article

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