Effect of tamoxifen on sexual functioning in patients with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1488-1492

  Mortimer, Joanne E ^a   Boucher, Leslie ^a   Baty, Jack ^a   Knapp, Diana L ^a   Ryan, Elizabeth ^a   Rowland, Julia H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0032950294     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.5.1488     Document Type: Article

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