Vaginal Changes and Sexuality in Women with a History of Cervical Cancer
- 6 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 340 (18) , 1383-1389
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199905063401802
Abstract
In women with cervical cancer, treatment causes changes in vaginal anatomy and function. The effect of these changes on sexual function and the extent, if any, to which they distress women are not known.Keywords
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