Assessment of treatment-induced female sexual morbidity in oncology: Is this a part of routine medical follow-up after radical pelvic radiotherapy

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 903-910

  White, I D ^a   Allan, H ^b   Faithfull, S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; pelvic radiotherapy toxicity; sexual morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONSULTATION; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENTEROPATHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENOPAUSE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM CANCER; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA SHORTENING; VAGINA STENOSIS; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053272220     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.339     Document Type: Article

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