Impact of pelvic radiotherapy on female sexuality

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-514

  Rodrigues, Ana Cláudia ^a,b   Teixeira, Rubina ^a   Teixeira, Tânia ^a   Conde, Sofia ^a   Soares, Paula ^a   Torgal, Isabel ^a,c  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cancer; Female sexuality; Pelvic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE SEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRENGTH; STRESS; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PELVIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864449363     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1988-5     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Annon J (1976) Behavioral treatment of sexual problems. Harper & Row Publishers, Hagerstown
2. Auchincloss SS (1998) Sexual dysfunction in cancer patients: issues in evaluation and treatment. In: Holland JC, Rowland JH (eds) Handbook of psychooncology: psychological care of patient with cancer. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 383-413
3. Baucom DH, Porter LS, Kirby JS, Gremore TM, Keefe FJ (2005) Psychosocial issues confronting young women with breast cancer. Breast Dis 23:103-113
4. Bergmark K, Avall-Lundqvist E, Dickman PW, Henningsohn L, Steineck G (1999) Vaginal changes and sexuality in women with a history of cervical cancer. N Engl J Med 340:1383-1389
5. Boyle P, Ferlay J (2005) Cancer incidence and mortality in Europe, 2004. Ann Oncol 16:481-488
6. Burwell SR, Case D, Kaelin C, Avis NE (2006) Sexual problems in younger women after breast cancer surgery. J Clin Oncol 24:2815-2821
7. Chochinov H (2001) Depression in cancer patients. Lancet Oncol 2:449-505
8. Cull A, Cowie VJ, Farquharson DIM, Livinstone JRB, Smart GE, Elton RA (1993) Early satge cervical cancer: psychosocial and sexual outcomes of treatment. Br J Cancer 68:1216-1220
9. Donovan KA, Taliaferro LA, Alvarez EM, Jacobsen PB, Roetz-heim RG, Wenham RM (2007) Sexual health in women treated for cervical cancer: characteristics and correlates. Gynecol Oncol 104:428-434
10. Estapé T, Estapé J, Munõz M, Firvida J, Vinõlas N (1993) Sexual dysfunctions among cancer patients. Eur J Cancer 6:213
11. Flay LD, Matthews JHL (1995) The effects of radiotherapy and surgery on the sexual function of women treated for cervical cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 31:399-404
12. Hawighorst-Knapstein S, Fusshoeller C, Franz C, Trautmann K, Schmidt M, Pilch H et al (2004) The Impact of treatment for genital cancer on quality of life and body image-results of a prospective longitudinal 10-year study. Gynecol Oncol 94:398-403
13. Hentschel H, Alberton D, Capp E, Goldim J, Passos E (2007) Validação do Female Sexual Function Index para o uso em ingua Portuguesa (Validation of the female sexual function index for use in Portuguese). Rev HCPA 27:11-14
14. Hudson W (1992) The WALMYR assessment scales scoring manual. Walmyr Publishing, Tempe
15. Hughes MK (2008) Alterations of sexual function in women with cancer. Semin Oncol Nurs 24:91-101
16. Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Hao Y, Xu J, Thum MJ (2009) Cancer Statistics, 2009. CA Cancer J Clin 54:225-249
17. Jensen PT, Mogens G, Klee MC, Thranov I, Petersen MA, Machin D (2003) Longitudinal study of sexual function and vaginal changes after radiotherapy for cervical cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:937-949
18. Lange MM, Marijnen CAM, Maas CP, Putter H, Rutten HJ, Stiggelbout AM et al (2009) Risk factors for sexual dysfunction after rectal cancer treatment. Eur J Cancer 45:1578-1588
19. Lewis F (1989) Strengthening family Supports. Cancer and family. Cancer 13:754-759
20. Lindau ST, Gravrilova N, Anderson D (2007) Sexual morbidity in very long term survivors of vaginal and cervical cancer: a comparison to national norms. Gynecol Oncol 106:413-418
21. Lovibond P, Lovibond S (1995) The structure of negative emotional states: comparison of the depression anxiety scales (DASS) with the beck depression and anxiety inventories. Behav Res Ther 33:335-343
22. Marijnen CA, van de Velde CJ, Putter H, van den Brink M, Maas CP, Martijn H et al (2005) Impact of short-term preoperative radiotherapy on health-related quality of life and sexual functioning in primary rectal cancer: report of a multicenter randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 23:1847-1858
23. McCoy NL (1994) Survey research on the menopause and women's sexuality. In: Berg G, Hammer M (eds) The modern management of the menopause: a perspective for the 21st century. Parthenon, Lancaster, pp 581-588
24. Merck Manuals (2005) Sexual dysfunction in women: gynecol-ogy and obstetrics. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/print/sec18/ch251/ch251a.html (Accessed 4th September, 2009)
25. Miller BE, Pittman B, Case D, McQuellon RP (2002) Quality of life after treatment for gynecologic malignancies: a pilot study in an outpatient clinic. Gynecol Oncol 87:178-184
26. Pais-Ribeiro J, Honrado A, Leal I (2004) Contribuição para o estudo da adaptação portuguesa das escalas de Ansiedade, Depressão e Stress de 21 itens de Lovibond e Lovibond (Contribution to the study of the Portuguese adaptation of the 21-item Anxiety, depression and stress scale by Lovibond and Lovibond). Psicologia Saúde Doenças 5:229-239
27. Perdrizet-Chevallier C, Reich M, Lesur A (2008) Dépression et anxiété chez les femmes souffrant de cancers gynécologiques (Depression and anxiety in women with gynecological cancer). Ann Med Psychol 166:292-296
28. Pereira M, Ramalho V, Dias P (2000) Inventário de Satisfação Marital Index of marital satisfaction. Minho University, Braga
29. Pignon T, Horiot JC, Bolla M, Poppel H, Bartelink H, Roelofsen F et al (1997) Age is not a limiting factor for radical radiotherapy in pelvic malignancies. Radiother Oncol 42:107-120
30. Ribeiro JLP (1999) Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social (Social support satisfaction scale). Análise Psicológica 3:547-558
31. Rosen R, Brown C, Heiman J, Leiblum S, Fergunson D, Agostino R (2007) The female sexual function index (FSFI): a multidimensional self-report instrument for the assessment of female sexual function. J Sex Marital Ther 26:191-208
32. Schover L, Montague D, Lakin M (1997) Sexual Problems. In: Devita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA (eds) Cancer: principles and practices of oncology, 5th edn. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, pp 2857-2871
33. Vistad I, Fossa SD, Dahl AA (2006) A critical review of patient-rated quality of life studies of long-term survivors of cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol 102:563-572