A cross-sectional study of the psychosexual impact of cancer-related infertility in women: Third-party reproductive assistance

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-246

  Carter, Jeanne ^a   Raviv, Leigh ^a   Applegarth, Linda ^b   Ford, Jennifer S ^a   Josephs, Laura ^b   Grill, Elizabeth ^b   Sklar, Charles ^a   Sonoda, Yukio ^a   Baser, Raymond E ^a   Barakat, Richard R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Infertility; Quality of life; Survivorship; Third party parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649633225     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0121-2     Document Type: Article

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