Treatment-related amenorrhea and sexual functioning in young breast cancer survivors

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2264-2271

  Rosenberg, Shoshana M ^a,b   Tamimi, Rulla M ^a,c   Gelber, Shari ^b   Ruddy, Kathryn J ^b,c   Bober, Sharon L ^b,c   Kereakoglow, Sandra ^b   Borges, Virginia F ^d   Come, Steven E ^c,e   Schapira, Lidia ^c,f   Partridge, Ann H ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

amenorrhea; breast cancer; chemotherapy; premenopausal; sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; VAGINA PAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904747387     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28738     Document Type: Article

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