Can you ask? We just did! Assessing sexual function and concerns in patients presenting for initial gynecologic oncology consultation

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-124

  Kennedy, Vanessa ^a,b,d   Abramsohn, Emily ^b,c   Makelarski, Jennifer ^c   Barber, Rachel ^b   Wroblewski, Kristen ^c   Tenney, Meaghan ^c   Lee, Nita Karnik ^c   Yamada, S Diane ^b,c   Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic neoplasms; Sexual function; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEUM CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER; ADOLESCENT; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933181670     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.01.451     Document Type: Article

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