Efficacy trial of an internet-based intervention for cancer-related female sexual dysfunction

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1389-1397

  Schover, Leslie R ^a   Yuan, Ying ^a   Fellman, Bryan M ^a   Odensky, Evan ^a   Lewis, Pamela E ^a   Martinetti, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Digital Science Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SEXUAL INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULT CANCER SURVIVORS SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF HELP; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84891914548     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2013.0162     Document Type: Article

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