Quality of Life and Sexual Functioning in Cervical Cancer Survivors

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Authors

Michael Frumovitz · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Charlotte C. Sun · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Leslie R. Schover · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mark F. Munsell · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Anuja Jhingran · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

J. Taylor Wharton · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Abstract

Cervical cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy had worse sexual functioning than did those treated with radical hysterectomy and lymph node dissection. In contrast, these data suggest that cervical cancer survivors treated with surgery alone can expect overall quality of life and sexual function not unlike that of peers without a history of cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Cancer survivorship and care Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 23, Issue 30, pp. 7428-7436

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.00.3996

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