Menopausal symptoms, sexual function, depression, and quality of life in Korean patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2499-2507

  Park, Hyojung ^a   Yoon, Hyeon Gyeong ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Depression; Menopausal symptoms; Nursing; Quality of life; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881241165     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1815-6     Document Type: Article

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