Urology
Volume 76, Issue 5 , Pages 1224-1230 , November 2010

Long-term Prostate Cancer Survivors With Low Socioeconomic Status Reported Worse Mental Health–related Quality of Life in a Population-based Study

  • Mieke J. Aarts

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: M. J. Aarts, M.Sc., Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), PO Box 23I, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Floortje Mols

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • CoRPS–Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Melissa S.Y. Thong

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • CoRPS–Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marieke W. Louwman

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jan Willem W. Coebergh

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center South (CCCS), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • CoRPS–Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00800-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.06.013

Urology
Volume 76, Issue 5 , Pages 1224-1230 , November 2010

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