Longitudinal changes in sexual problems related to cancer treatment in Korean breast cancer survivors: A prospective cohort study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 909-918

  Yang, Eun Joo ^a   Kim, Sung Won ^a   Heo, Chan Yeong ^a   Lim, Jae Young ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivor; Quality of life; Sexual problems; Upper limb dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KOREA; LIBIDO; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENOPAUSE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79955141029     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0885-y     Document Type: Article

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