Quality of life after radical prostatectomy in elderly men: Original Article

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 813-819

  Namiki, Shunichi ^a   Ishidoya, Shigeto ^a   Tochigi, Tatsuo ^b   Ito, Akihiro ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Cancer Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly men; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70349753273     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2009.02371.x     Document Type: Article

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