Use of the Charlson combined comorbidity index to predict postradiotherapy quality of life for prostate cancer patients.

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on October 06, 2010

Authors

Thomas Wahlgren1, Seymour Levitt, Jan Kowalski, Sten Nilsson, Yvonne Brandberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. thomas.wahlgren@telia.com

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