Aspects of health related quality of life in prostate cancer

Thesis

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Chapter 1 Introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2 Quality of life assessment: general and methodological aspects

Chapter 3 Health related quality of life in prostate cancer: a review of the literature

Chapter 4 Health related quality of life in prostate carcinoma patients: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Chapter 5 The role of psychosocial factors in the assessment of health related quality of life in prostate cancer

Chapter 6 Health Related Quality of Life and Psychosocial Factors in patients with prostate cancer scheduled for radical prostatectomy or external radiation therapy

Chapter 7 A prospective longitudinal study comparing the impact of external radiation therapy with radical prostatectomy on health related quality of life (HRQOL) in prostate cancer patients

Chapter 8 The impact of androgen deprivation therapy on health related quality of life in asymptomatic men with lymph node positive prostate cancer

Chapter 9 Quality of life assessment in patients with hormone resistant prostate cancer treated with Epirubicin or with Epirubicin plus Medroxy Progesterone Acetate-is it feasible?

Chapter 10 A randomized study comparing Epirubicin in a 4-weekly versus a weekly intravenous regimen in patients with hormone resistant prostatic carcinoma: effects on health related quality of life

Chapter 11 Quality of life at baseline: a prognostic factor for survival in symptomatic metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer?

Chapter 12 Summary, conclusions and future perspectives

Chapter 13 Nederlandse samenvatting

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