Early stage cervical cancer: psychosocial and sexual outcomes of treatment

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1216-1220

  Cull, A ^a   Cowie, V J ^b   Farquharson, D I M ^b   Livingstone, J R B ^b   Smart, G E ^b   Elton, R A ^c  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Edinburgh Gynaecological Oncology Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027431398     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.507     Document Type: Article

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