Interventions for psychosexual dysfunction in women treated for gynaecological malignancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Flynn, Paul ^a   Kew, Fiona ^b   Kisely, Steve R ^c  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Queensland Centre for Health Data Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIENESTROL; PLACEBO;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPAREUNIA; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL STENOSIS; VULVA CANCER;

EID: 70349120977     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004708.pub2     Document Type: Review

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