The lived experience of physically active older prostate cancer survivors on androgen deprivation therapy

Aging Male

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-62

  Wright St Clair, Valerie A ^a   Malcolm, Wanda ^a   Keogh, Justin W L ^a,b,c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Exercise; Hormonal therapy; Interpretive phenomenology; Older men; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CASE REPORT; EMOTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MUSIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84896730539     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2013.818113     Document Type: Article

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