Time of Decline in Sexual Function After External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Siglin, Joshua ^a   Kubicek, Gregory J ^b   Leiby, Benjamin ^a   Valicenti, Richard K ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

impotence; prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; sexual function; toxicity

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BASELINE DATA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMPOTENCE; MULTIPLE DOMAINS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCERS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72049132349     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.070     Document Type: Article

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