Sexual function and experience among long-term survivors of childhood cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-403

  Sundberg, Kay K ^a   Lampic, Claudia ^a,b   Arvidson, Johan ^c   Helström, Lotti ^a   Wettergren, Lena ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Long term survivors; Sexual experience; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

PROCAINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251597374     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.040     Document Type: Article

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