The psychosocial impact of interrupted childbearing in long-term female cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-143

  Canada, Andrea L ^a   Schover, Leslie R ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

cancer; childbearing; distress; infertility; parenting; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84856299267     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1875     Document Type: Article

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