Sexual functioning in women after mastectomy versus breast conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer: A prospective controlled study

Breast

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 629-636

  Aerts, L ^a   Christiaens, M R ^a   Enzlin, P ^a,b   Neven, P ^a   Amant, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Female sexual dysfunction; Mastectomy; Quality of life; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY IMAGE SCALE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EORTC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIBIDO DISORDER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM DISORDER; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SHORT SEXUAL FUNCTIONING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIFIC SEXUAL PROBLEMS QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WELL BEING SCALE; ADENOCARCINOMA; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908157093     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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