TY - T1 - The importance of and satisfaction with sex life among breast cancer survivors in comparison with healthy female controls and women with mental depression or arterial hypertension : results from the Finnish nationwide HeSSup cohort study SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/318342 T3 - A1 - Salakari, Minna; Nurminen, Raija; Sillanmäki, Lauri; Pylkkanen, Liisa; Suominen, Sakari A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Introduction Breast cancer (BC) and its treatment is associated with several physical and psychosocial changes that may influence sexuality for years after treatment. Women with BC show significantly greater rates of sexual dysfunction than do healthy women. The purpose of the study was to evaluate how a BC diagnosis associates with women's perceived sexuality and sexual satisfaction. Material and methods The data of the ongoing prospective Health and Social Support (HeSSup) survey was linked wi... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Breast cancer; Cancer survivors; Sex life; Sexuality; Sexual satisfaction; Quality of life; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; BODY-IMAGE; SEXUALITY; DYSFUNCTION; PREDICTORS; IMPACT; 3122 Cancers; 3141 Health care science N1 - PP - ER -