Comparison of health-related quality of life between subjects treated with radical prostatectomy and brachytherapy

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1906-1912

  Lin, Yu Hua ^a   Lin, Victor Chia Hsiang ^a,b   Yu, Tsan Jung ^a,b   Wang, Hua Pin ^a,b   Lu, Kevin ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Nurses; Nursing; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862162740     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03928.x     Document Type: Article

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