Treatment decision-making in localized prostate cancer: Why patients chose either radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation therapy

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1274-1278

  Ihrig, Andreas ^a   Keller, Monika ^a   Hartmann, Mechthild ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Pfitzenmaier, Jesco ^a   Hadaschik, Boris ^a   Hohenfellner, Markus ^a   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a   Huber, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision making; external beam radiation therapy; prostate cancer; qualitative interview study; radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 80053396147     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10082.x     Document Type: Article

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