Sexual functioning in women after surgical treatment for endometrial cancer: A prospective controlled study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 198-209

  Aerts, Leen ^a   Enzlin, Paul ^b   Verhaeghe, Johan ^a   Poppe, Willy ^a   Vergote, Ignace ^a   Amant, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer Survivors; Endometrial Cancer; Hysterectomy; Quality of Life; Sexual Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENITAL SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGASM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84923195706     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12764     Document Type: Article

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