Sexual function of patients with endometrial cancer enrolled in the Gynecologic Oncology Group LAP2 study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1624-1633

  Carter, Jeanne ^a   Huang, Helen ^b   Chase, Dana M ^c   Walker, Joan L ^d   Cella, David ^e   Wenzel, Lari ^f  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Gynecologic Oncology Group Statistical Office   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Gynecologic cancer treatment; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTIMACY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY IMAGE; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872362902     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31827277fa     Document Type: Article

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