Erectile Aid Use by Men Treated for Localized Prostate Cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 649-654

  Bergman, Jonathan ^a   Gore, John L ^a,c   Penson, David F ^d   Kwan, Lorna ^b   Litwin, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; penile erection; penis; prostatic neoplasms; sildenafil

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 67649803085     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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