Sexual satisfaction, anxiety, depression and quality of life in testicular cancer survivors

Medical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Alacacioglu, Ahmet ^a   Ulger, Eda ^a   Varol, Umut ^a   Yavuzsen, Tugba ^b   Akyol, Murat ^a   Yildiz, Yasar ^a   Yildiz, Ibrahim ^a   Bayoglu, Vedat ^a   Dirican, Ahmet ^a   Demir, Lutfiye ^a   Salman, Tarik ^a   Kucukzeybek, Yuksel ^a   Alacacioglu, Inci ^b   Can, Huseyin ^a   Tarhan, Mustafa Oktay ^a  

^a IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Quality of life (QoL); Sexual satisfaction; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTIS CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVOR; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84901864723     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0043-3     Document Type: Article

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