Marital and sexual satisfaction in testicular cancer survivors and their spouses

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 540-548

  Tuinman, Marrit A ^a   Fleer, Joke ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk Th ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Marital satisfaction; Sexual satisfaction; Spouse; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644481408     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0758-3     Document Type: Article

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