Sexual dysfunction in women with cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis of studies using the Female Sexual Function Index

Endocrine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 329-341

  Maiorino, Maria Ida ^a   Chiodini, Paolo ^a   Bellastella, Giuseppe ^a   Giugliano, Dario ^a   Esposito, Katherine ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Female Sexual Function Index; Sexual Health; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84949491005     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-015-0812-6     Document Type: Article

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