Quality of life in patients with skeletal metastases of prostate cancer and status prior to start of endocrine therapy: results from the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study 5.

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Published in Scand J Urol Nephrol on January 01, 2005

Authors

Morten Jønler1, Ole Steen Nielsen, Mogens Groenvold, Per Olov Hedlund, Lena Damber, Hans Hedelin, Mauritz Waldén, Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study 5 Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Aalborg Hospital, 9100 Aalborg, Denmark. jonler @dadlnet.dk

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