Long-term sexual function in survivors of vulvar cancer: A cross-sectional study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Hazewinkel, Menke H ^a   Laan, Ellen T M ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Fons, Guus ^a   Burger, Matthé P M ^a   Roovers, Jan Paul W R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Sexual function; Vulvar cancer survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIFE ORIENTATION TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMISM; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RADICAL RESECTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862768710     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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