Commentary on genitourinary cancer survivorship: physical activity and prostate cancer survivorship
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Commentary on genitourinary cancer survivorship: physical activity and prostate cancer survivorship
Previous definitions outlining cancer survivorship referred mostly to individuals who had life-threatening disease, but remained disease free for a minimum of 5 years (1-3). However the current iteration of the term “cancer survivor” as proposed by the National Consortium for Cancer survivorship refers to those “living with, through and beyond a cancer diagnosis” (4). This definition, accepted ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Translational Andrology and Urology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2223-4683,2223-4691
DOI: 10.21037/tau.2016.05.02