Life after breast cancer: Understanding women's health-related quality of life and sexual functioning

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 501-514

  Ganz, Patricia A ^a   Rowland, Julia H ^a   Desmond, Katherine ^a   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^a   Wyatt, Gail E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0031895298     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.2.501     Document Type: Article

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