Addressing intimacy and partner communication after breast cancer: A randomized controlled group intervention

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-111

  Rowland, Julia H ^a,b   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^c   Crespi, Catherine M ^d   Leedham, Beth ^e   Desmond, Katherine ^f   Belin, Thomas R ^g   Ganz, Patricia A ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Private Practice   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Partner communication; Sexuality; Survivor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 70349932302     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0398-x     Document Type: Article

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