Assessing gynecologic and breast cancer survivors' sexual health care needs

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2643-2651

  Hill, Emily K ^a   Sandbo, Stacey ^a   Abramsohn, Emily ^a   Makelarski, Jennifer ^a   Wroblewski, Kristen ^a   Wenrich, Emily R ^a   McCoy, Stacy ^a   Temkin, Sarah M ^b   Yamada, S Diane ^a   Lindau, Stacy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; gynecologic neoplasms; needs assessment; quality of life; sexual dysfunction psychological; sexuality; sexually dysfunction physiologic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79958774000     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25832     Document Type: Article

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