Sexuality after breast cancer: A review

Maturitas

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-407

  Emilee, Gilbert ^a   Ussher, J M ^a   Perz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Intrapsychic; Material discursive; Review; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; BURN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NIGHT SWEAT; ORGASM DISORDER; PAIN; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL DRYNESS; BREAST TUMOR; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 77955661455     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.03.027     Document Type: Review

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