The Motion: Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Preserves Sexual Function to a Greater Extent Than Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Pinkawa, Michael ^a   Gontero, Paolo ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; PROSTATE TUMOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349187947     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.04.008     Document Type: Note

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