Sexual morbidity associated with poorer psychological adjustment among gynecological cancer survivors

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-470

  Levin, Anna O ^a   Carpenter, Kristen M ^a   Fowler, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Brothers, Brittany M ^b   Andersen, Barbara L ^a,b   Maxwell, G Larry ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecological cancers; Psychological adjustment; Quality of life; Sexual morbidity; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952203602     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181d24ce0     Document Type: Article

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