Predictors of sexual well-being after endometrial cancer: results of a national self-report survey

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2715-2723

  Rowlands, Ingrid J ^a   Lee, Christina ^b   Beesley, Vanessa L ^a   Webb, Penelope M ^a   On behalf of the Australian National Endometrial Cancer Study Group, ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Gynecological cancer; Psychosocial; Sexual function; Sexual satisfaction; Sexuality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT WORRY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION VAGINAL CHANGES QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84920119338     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2263-7     Document Type: Article

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