Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Radiation Oncology cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: "Analysis of health related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer, one year after treatment with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) alone versus EBRT and high dose rate brachytherapy (HDRBT). | Radiation Oncology BioMed Central Open Access Analysis of health related quality of life HRQoL of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer one year after treatment with external beam radiotherapy EBRT alone versus EBRT and high dose rate brachytherapy HDRBT Kurian Jones Joseph 1 Riaz Alvi2 David Skarsgard3 Jon Tonita2 Nadeem Pervez1 Cormac Small1 and Patricia Tai4 Address Department of Radiation Oncology Cross Cancer Institute University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada 2Department of Epidemiology Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Regina Saskatchewan Canada 3Department of Radiation Oncology Tom Baker Cancer Center University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada and 4Department of Radiation Oncology Allan Blair Cancer Centre and University of Saskatchewan Regina Saskatchewan Canada Email Kurian Jones Joseph - kurianjo@ Riaz Alvi - David Skarsgard - davidska@ Jon Tonita - Nadeem Pervez - nadeempe@ Cormac Small - cormacsm@ Patricia Tai - Corresponding author Published 15 July 2008 Received 3 May 2007 Radiation Oncology 2008 3 20 doi 1748-717X-3-20 Accepted I5 July 2008 This article is available from http content 3 1 20 2008 Joseph et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Purpose Prostate cancer is the leading form of cancer diagnosed among North American men. Most patients present with localized disease which can be effectively treated with a variety of different modalities. These are associated with widely different acute and late effects which can be both physical and psychological in nature. HRQoL concerns are therefore important for .