Sexual function in females after radiotherapy for rectal cancer

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 826-832

  Bruheim, Kjersti ^a   Tveit, Kjell Magne ^a,b   Skovlund, Eva ^c   Balteskard, Lise ^d,e   Carlsen, Erik ^a   Fosså, Sophie D ^b,f   Guren, Marianne G ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Gastrointestinal Cancer Group   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

EID: 77954460749     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.486411     Document Type: Article

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