The Appropriateness of Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Comparison of Dutch and Multinational Criteria

A number of organisations have developed clinical guidelines, typically at a national level, in order to increase appropriate health care.

Prostate Cancer Patient Outcomes and Choice of Providers: Development of an Infrastructure for Quality Assessment

Editorial Comment

Response to an article by Dr. G.W. Chodak and colleagues suggesting that shorter hospital stays following a radical prostatecomy should be considered.

Quality of Life Outcomes After Brachytherapy for Early Stage Prostate Cancer

The authors compare general and disease specific health related quality of life in men undergoing brachytherapy for early stage prostate cancer to those undergoing radical prostatectomy and age matched healthy controls.

A Nationwide Charge Comparison of the Principal Treatments for Early Stage Prostate Carcinoma

Without a clear survival advantage from one form of treatment, issues such as costs, quality of life, and patient preferences take on more importance.

Urinary Function and Bother After Radical Prostatectomy or Radiation for Prostate Cancer: A Longitudinal, Multivariate Quality of Life Analysis from the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor

Patients undergoing surgery or radiation showed different longitudinal profiles of urinary function and bother during first 2 years after treatment.

Quality of Life After Salvage Cryotherapy: The Impact of Treatment Parameters

Cryotherapy has emerged as a promising salvage therapy option for treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer after initial therapy.

Accuracy of Recall in Health-Related Quality-of-Life Assessment Among Men Treated for Prostate Cancer

To determine the accuracy of patient recall of HRQOL in men who have undergone radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer

Health Related Quality of Life in Older Men Without Prostate Cancer

Older men in a randomly selected, population based sample do not have perfectly normal urinary continence, bowel function or sexual potency.

Recovery of Health Related Quality of Life in the Year After Radical Prostatectomy: Early Experience

During the year after radical prostatectomy for early stage prostate cancer patient quality of life steadily improved.

The UCLA Prostate Cancer Index: Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Health-Related Quality of Life Measure

The need for accurate measures of HRQOL in men treated for prostate cancer is important because they may survive for many years after their diagnosis