Quality of life in men receiving radiotherapy and neo-adjuvant androgen deprivation for prostate cancer: Results from a prospective longitudinal study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-65

  McCaughan, Eilis ^a   McSorley, Oonagh ^a   Prue, Gillain ^a   Parahoo, Kader ^a   Bunting, Brendan ^a   Sullivan, Joe O ^b   McKenna, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; Hormone ablation; Nurses; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84871290973     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05987.x     Document Type: Article

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