Conservative treatment of reproductive and sexual function in young woman with squamous carcinoma of the vagina

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-237

  Cutillo, Giuseppe ^a   Cignini, Pietro ^b   Pizzi, Gianbeppi ^c   Vizza, Enrico ^a   Micheli, Adriana ^a   Arcangeli, Giorgio ^a   Sbiroli, Carlo ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservative surgery; Early vaginal cancer; Quality of life; Reproductive sexual function; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748575643     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.02.032     Document Type: Article

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