International journal of clinical oncology
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Int. J. Clin. Oncol. · Feb 2005
Health-related quality of life and treatment outcomes for men with prostate cancer treated by combined external-beam radiotherapy and hormone therapy.
Health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) is important when considering the treatment options for prostate cancer. ⋯ The combination of radiotherapy and hormone therapy has a good outcome and patients do not experience poor HR-QOL, except for sexual problems. Moreover, the disease-specific QOL is good, especially for urinary bother.