Determination of changes in the sexual lives of young women receiving breast cancer treatment: A qualitative study

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-264

  Cebeci, Fatma ^a   Yangin, Hatice Balci ^a   Tekeli, Aysel ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Sexual changes; Sexual life; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 78549239506     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-010-9169-1     Document Type: Article

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