Partner's perspective on long-term sexual dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 276-279

  Movsas, Tammy Z ^a   Yechieli, Raphael ^b   Movsas, Benjamin ^b   Darwish Yassine, May ^c  

^a Midland County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment side effects; Erectile dysfunction; Impotence prostate cancer; Prostate cancer spouses; Sexual dysfunction prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896689146     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0000000000000067     Document Type: Article

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