A randomized trial of internet-based versus traditional sexual counseling for couples after localized prostate cancer treatment

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 500-509

  Schover, Leslie R ^a   Canada, Andrea L ^b   Yuan, Ying ^a   Sui, Dawen ^a   Neese, Leah ^c   Jenkins, Rosell ^d   Rhodes, Michelle M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

^e PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Erectile dysfunction; Internet; Prostate cancer; Sexual counseling

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; E-MAIL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; COUPLES THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEX COUNSELING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855516729     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26308     Document Type: Article

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