Longitudinal analysis of quality of life in patients receiving conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Geinitz, Hans ^a   Thamm, Reinhard ^a   Scholz, Christian ^a   Heinrich, Christine ^a   Prause, Nina ^a   Kerndl, Simone ^a   Keller, Monika ^b   Busch, Raymonde ^c   Molls, Michael ^a   Zimmermann, Frank B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal radiation therapy; Fatigue; Prostate cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CYSTITIS; ENTERITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTITIS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ENTERITIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 75649091172     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-2023-7     Document Type: Article

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