Clitoral therapy device for treatment of sexual dysfunction in irradiated cervical cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1078-1086

  Schroder, MaryAnn ^a,b,c   Mell, Loren K ^a,b   Hurteau, Jean A ^b   Collins, Yvonne C ^b   Rotmensch, Jacob ^a   Waggoner, Steven E ^a   Yamada, S Diane ^a   Small Jr , William ^c   Mundt, Arno J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Clitoral therapy device; Eros Therapy; Radiotherapy; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

CLITORAL ENGORGEMENTS; CLITORAL THERAPY; ORGASMIC DISORDERS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORAL THERAPY DEVICE; CLITORIS; COLOR; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; EROS THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MOISTURE; ORGASM; ORGASM DISORDER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SELF STIMULATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACUUM; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ADULT; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14844295463     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.07.728     Document Type: Article

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