Sexual function in adolescent and young adult survivors of lower extremity bone tumors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1370-1376

  Barrera, Maru ^a,b,c   Teall, Tanya ^c   Barr, Ronald ^d,e   Silva, Mariana ^f   Greenberg, Mark ^a,b,g  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent and young adult survivors; Bone tumors; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BONE TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LEG AMPUTATION; LIBIDO; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONES OF LOWER EXTREMITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049267818     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22761     Document Type: Article

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