Loose stools lead to fecal incontinence among gynecological cancer survivors

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-242

  Dunberger, Gail ^a   Lind, Helena ^a   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,b   Waldenström, Ann Charlotte ^c   Onelöv, Erik ^a   Åvall Lundqvist, Elisabeth ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 78651469301     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.535013     Document Type: Article

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