Long-term sexual functioning in women after surgical treatment of cervical cancer stages IA to IB: A prospective controlled study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1527-1534

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Research Fund Flanders   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Cervical cancer; Quality of life; Radical hysterectomy; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGASM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SHORT SEXUAL FUNCTIONING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIFIC SEXUAL PROBLEM QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WELL BEING SCALE; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84925610516     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000236     Document Type: Article

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