A manifesto on the preservation of sexual function in women and girls with cancer

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-174

  Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^a   Abramsohn, Emily M ^a   Matthews, Amber C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; female sexual function; sexual outcome; survivor

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ANUS CANCER; BLADDER FUNCTION; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MENOPAUSE; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; OBSTETRICIAN; ODOR; OVARY METASTASIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SCAR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SKIN SENSATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR INVASION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER; WEIGHT CHANGE; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR;

ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84937903412     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.03.039     Document Type: Article

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