Orchiectomy and Radiotherapy for Stage I-II Testicular Seminoma: A Prospective Evaluation of Short-Term Effects on Body Image and Sexual Function

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 210-218

  Wortel, Ruud C ^a   Alemayehu, Wendim Ghidey ^b   Incrocci, Luca ^a  

^a ERASMUS MC CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body Image; Orchiectomy; Radiotherapy; Seminoma; Sexual (Dys)Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CRYPTORCHISM; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMINOMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LIBIDO; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NETHERLANDS; PENIS ERECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEXUALITY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NETHERLANDS; ORCHIECTOMY; PENILE ERECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMINOMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923169626     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12739     Document Type: Article

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