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Health‐related quality of life after prostate brachytherapy
Author(s) -
Miller Nicole L.,
Theodorescu Dan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2003.04989.x
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , medicine , prostate cancer , life expectancy , quality of life (healthcare) , cystectomy , urinary diversion , nocturia , urology , prostate , general surgery , intensive care medicine , surgery , urinary system , bladder cancer , cancer , radiation therapy , nursing , population , environmental health
Brachytherapy for prostate cancer has become a widely used treatment. Increasingly, urologists are becoming conscious of quality‐of‐life issues relating to treatment. This mini‐review by authors from the University of Virginia looks at this important issue, reminding readers that patients are often willing to choose a treatment which will less certainly ensure a longer life‐expectancy, but which will more certainly guarantee a better quality of life. Other mini‐reviews in this section describe the technique and complications of transurethral surgery for bladder tumours, the mechanisms of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction after renal transplantation, and laparoscopic radical cystectomy and urinary diversion.