Fertility and sexual function in long-term survivors of haematological malignancy: Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess a neglected area of need in the late effects clinic

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 526-535

  Greaves, Paul ^a   Sarker, Shah Jalal ^a   Chowdhury, Kashfia ^a   Johnson, Rachel ^a   Matthews, Janet ^a   Matthews, Rebecca ^a   Smith, Matthew ^a   Korszun, Ania ^a   Gribben, John G ^a   Lister, T Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Haematological malignancy; Long term survivors; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONMYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERM PRESERVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

FERTILITY; HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY; LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892966193     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12651     Document Type: Article

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