Health-related quality of life after radical prostatectomy in Japanese men with localized prostate cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 643-650

  Namiki, Shunichi ^a   Tochigi, Tatsuo ^b   Kuwahara, Masaaki ^b   Ohnuma, Tetsutaro ^c   Ioritani, Naomasa ^d   Soma, Fumihiko ^e   Shintaku, Ichiro ^f   Terai, Akito ^g   Nakagawa, Haruo ^a   Satoh, Makoto ^a   Saito, Seiichi ^a   Koinuma, Nobuo ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Cancer Center   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^e Hachinohe City Hospital   (Japan)

^f JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^g KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Japanese men; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Self reported questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX; TIME FACTORS; URINATION;

EID: 9144269669     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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