Quality of life in women with vulvar cancer submitted to surgical treatment: A comparative study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-95

  De Melo Ferreira, Ana Paula ^a   De Figueiredo, Elyonara Mello ^b   Lima, Renilton Aires ^b   Cândido, Eduardo Batista ^b   De Castro Monteiro, Marilene Vale ^b   De Figueiredo Franco, Telma Maria Rossi ^c   Traiman, Paulo ^a   Da Silva Filho, Agnaldo Lopes ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Mario Penna Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy; Lymphoedema; Quality of life; Sexual dysfunction; Urinary incontinence; Vulvar cancer; Vulvectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION ON INCONTINENCE QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM; LEG DISEASE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MILLER'S CLINICAL EVALUATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 84869097697     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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