Cancer-related pain and quality of life in prostate cancer patients: Assessment using the functional assessment of prostate cancer therapy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 522-525

  Fujimura, Tetsuya ^a   Takahashi, Satoru ^b   Kume, Haruki ^a   Takeuchi, Takumi ^a,c   Kitamura, Tadaichi ^d   Homma, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Asoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FACT; Prostate cancer; QOL

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; GONADORELIN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE RATING SCALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65449168341     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2009.02291.x     Document Type: Article

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