Quality of life among men with prostate cancer in rural Georgia

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 927-933

  Steenland, K ^a   Goodman, M ^a   Liff, J ^a   Diiorio, C ^a   Butler, S ^a   Roberts, P ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 79953902525     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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