Nature and severity of menopausal symptoms and their impact on quality of life and sexual function in cancer survivors compared with women without a cancer history

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-274

  Marino, Jennifer L ^a,b   Saunders, Christobel M ^c,d   Emery, Laura I ^c   Green, Helena ^d   Doherty, Dorota A ^e   Hickey, Martha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Menopause; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY BREAST CANCER SUBSCALE; COLD SWEAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE SYMPTOM SUBSCALE; FALLOWFIELD SEXUAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GREENE CLIMACTERIC SCALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; SWEATING;

EID: 84896715273     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e3182976f46     Document Type: Article

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