Testicular radiation dose after multimodal curative therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer Influence on hormone levels, quality of life, and sexual functioning

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 926-932

  Hennies, S ^a   Wolff, H A ^a   Jung, K ^a   Rave Frank M ^a   Gaedcke, J ^a   Ghadimi, M ^a   Hess, C F ^a   Becker, H ^a   Hermann, R M ^a,b   Christiansen, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Ärztehaus An der Ammerlandklinik   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hormonal changes; Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy; Quality of life; Rectal cancer; Sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXALIPLATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; GERMANY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866719088     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0139-7     Document Type: Article

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