Prospective survey of sexual function among patients with clinically localized prostate cancer referred for definitive radiotherapy and the impact of radiotherapy on sexual function

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 715-722

  Choo, Richard ^c   Long, Jennifer ^b   Gray, Ross ^b   Morton, Gerard ^a   Gardner, Sandra ^b   Danjoux, Cyril ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Localized prostate cancer; Questionnaire; Radiotherapy; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRIEF SEXUAL FUNCTION INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; THERAPY EFFECT; CANADA; COMPLICATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953614923     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0675-6     Document Type: Article

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