Psychological and sexual disorders in long-term breast cancer survivors

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-65

  Pumo, Vitalinda ^a   Milone, Gabriella ^a   Iacono, Margherita ^a   Giuliano, Sebastiano Rametta ^a   di Mari, Annamaria ^a   Lopiano, Calogera ^a   Bordonaro, Sebastiano ^a   Tralongo, Paolo ^a  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disorders; Psychological; Sexual; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTIONAL INDEX; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84857763858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S28547     Document Type: Article

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