Toward clinical care guidelines for supporting rehabilitative vaginal dilator use with women recovering from cervical cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1911-1917

  Cullen, Kimberley ^a   Fergus, Karen ^a,b   Dasgupta, Tracey ^c,d   Kong, Iwa ^e   Fitch, Marg ^b   Doyle, Catherine ^b   Adams, Lauran ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Gynecological cancer; Radiotherapy; Support; Vaginal dilators; Vaginal health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINAL DILATOR;

DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 84878734179     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1726-6     Document Type: Article

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