Concordance in the perception of couples recovering from primary surgical treatment of prostate cancer

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Mayes, J M ^a   Mouraviev, V ^a   Tsivian, M ^a   Krupski, T L ^b   Donatucci, C F ^a   Polascik, T J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Prostate cancer; Sexual recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 68149161333     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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