Reliability and validity of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 in assessing quality of life of prostate cancer patients

Urological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Yu, Chih Chieh ^b   Yu, Hong Jeng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ PR25; Prostate cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ PR25; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TAIWAN; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VALIDITY;

EID: 77957338132     PISSN: 18795226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1879-5226(10)60026-7     Document Type: Article

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