Lymphedema and bladder-emptying difficulties after radical hysterectomy for early cervical cancer and among population controls

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1130-1139

  Bergmark, K ^a,d   Avall Lundqvist E ^a   Dickman, P W ^a   Henningsohn, L ^a,b   Steineck, G ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c City of Stockholm Environment and Health Administration   (Sweden)

^d Clinical Cancerepidemiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bowel dysfunction; Cervical cancer; Distress; Lymphedema; Population based; Questionnaire; Radical hysterectomy; Sexual dysfunction; Urinary dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION DISORDERS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745147607     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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