Editorial: A multidisciplinary approach to managing menopausal symptoms in women with breast cancer

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 680-681

  Schnatz, Peter F ^a  

^a READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; EDITORIAL; LIBIDO DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD CHANGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VAGINA ATROPHY; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 77954959325     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181e19aaf     Document Type: Editorial

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