The fertility - And menopause-related information needs of younger women with a diagnosis of breast cancer: A qualitative study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 500-511

  Thewes, Belinda ^a   Meiser, Bettina ^b   Rickard, Judy ^c   Friedlander, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0037622820     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.685     Document Type: Article

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