Sexuality after treatment of head and neck cancer: Findings based on modification of sexual adjustment questionnaire

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1526-1531

  Moreno, Kattia F ^a   Khabbaz, Eyad ^a   Gaitonde, Krishnanath ^a   Meinzen Derr, Jareen ^a,b   Wilson, Keith M ^a   Patil, Yash J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; head and neck cancer; sexual dysfunction; sexuality

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84862906579     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23347     Document Type: Article

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