A randomized trial of external beam radiotherapy versus cryoablation in patients with localized prostate cancer: Quality of life outcomes

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4695-4704

  Robinson, John W ^a   Donnelly, Bryan J ^b   Siever, Jodi E ^c   Saliken, John C ^d   Ernst, Scott D ^e   Rewcastle, John C ^a   Trpkov, Kiril ^a   Lau, Harold ^b   Scott, Cheryl ^b   Thomas, Bejoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Decision Support Research Team   (Canada)

^d Nanaimo Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^e LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Sexuality; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350088426     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24523     Document Type: Article

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