Sexuality and fertility in long-term survivors of testicular cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1444-1448

  Arai, Y ^a   Kawakita, M ^a   Okada, Y ^a   Yoshida, O ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMINOMA; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER;

EID: 0030948325     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.4.1444     Document Type: Article

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