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The physical and psychological sexual well‐being of women with pelvic malignancy: how can we understand and improve our practice?

How can we better understand and improve our practice around the physical and psychological well‐being of women treated with radiation therapy for pelvic malignancy? In this issue, Summerfield et al report the results of a nationwide survey capturing practices around the management of radiation ther...

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Autores principales: Morris, Lucinda, Tharmalingam, Hannah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32452091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.402
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description How can we better understand and improve our practice around the physical and psychological well‐being of women treated with radiation therapy for pelvic malignancy? In this issue, Summerfield et al report the results of a nationwide survey capturing practices around the management of radiation therapy‐induced vaginal adhesions and stenosis (RTVAS) across New Zealand. This study highlights the need for oncologists to improve care around a challenging but critically important aspect of women’s health beyond a cancer diagnosis.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-72761812020-06-09 The physical and psychological sexual well‐being of women with pelvic malignancy: how can we understand and improve our practice? Morris, Lucinda Tharmalingam, Hannah J Med Radiat Sci Editorial How can we better understand and improve our practice around the physical and psychological well‐being of women treated with radiation therapy for pelvic malignancy? In this issue, Summerfield et al report the results of a nationwide survey capturing practices around the management of radiation therapy‐induced vaginal adhesions and stenosis (RTVAS) across New Zealand. This study highlights the need for oncologists to improve care around a challenging but critically important aspect of women’s health beyond a cancer diagnosis.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-05-26 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7276181/ /pubmed/32452091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.402 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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