The impact of treatment for genital cancer on quality of life and body image - Results of a prospective longitudinal 10-year study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 398-403

  Hawighorst Knapstein, Sabine ^a   Fusshoeller, Claudia ^a   Franz, Cordula ^a   Trautmann, Kathrin ^a   Schmidt, Marcus ^a   Pilch, Hendryk ^a   Schoenefuss, Goetz ^a   Georg Knapstein, Paul ^a   Koelbl, Heinz ^a   Kelleher, Debra K ^a   Vaupel, Peter ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body image; Genital cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC EXENTERATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3543141195     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.04.025     Document Type: Article

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