The impact of gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicity on health related quality of life among irradiated prostate cancer patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 284-290

  Schaake, Wouter ^a,b   Wiegman, Erwin M ^a   De Groot, Martijn ^b   Van Der Laan, Hans Paul ^a   Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a,b   Van Den Bergh, Alfons C M ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal side effects; Genitourinary side effects; Health related quality of life; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DYSURIA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NOCTURIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH STATUS; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84896398846     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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