Long‐term quality of life among Dutch prostate cancer survivors

In this report, the authors describe the health‐related quality of life (HRQL) of long‐term prostate cancer survivors 5 to 10 years after diagnosis and compare it with the HRQL of an age‐matched, normative sample of the general Dutch population.

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