Patient-reported quality of life during radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer: Results from a prospective phase II trial

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1690-1695

  Chen, Ronald C ^b   Zhang, Yuanye ^c   Chen, Ming Hui ^c   McMahon, Elizabeth ^d   Loffredo, Marian ^d   McPherson, Carol P ^a   Nguyen, Angela U ^d   Nguyen, Paul L ^d   D'Amico, Anthony V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; prostate cancer; quality of life; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; FLUTAMIDE; LEUPRORELIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; BALLOON; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEFECATION URGENCY; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; DYSURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; PAIN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER SYMPTOM INDICES QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTAL BALLOON; RECTAL PAIN; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; TENESMUS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84870875971     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11117.x     Document Type: Review

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