A description of heterosexual couples' sexual adjustment to androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 880-888

  Walker, Lauren M ^a,b   Robinson, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

androgen deprivation therapy; intimate relationships; prostate cancer; psychosocial oncology; qualitative research; sexual rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960741941     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1794     Document Type: Article

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