The quality of sexual life in women with gynaecological cancers

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1713-1717

  Golbasi, Zehra ^a   Erenel, Ayten Senturk ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gynaecological cancers; Quality of sexual life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF SEXUAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864431471     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2210-5     Document Type: Article

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