Urinary incontinence and quality of life in long-term gynecological cancer survivors: A population-based cross-sectional study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^a,b   Rannestad, Toril ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Females; Gynecologic cancer; Quality of life; Quality of life index; Recurrence free; Survivors; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE INCONTINENCE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59649118996     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802582041     Document Type: Article

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