International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 1078-1086 , 15 March 2005

Clitoral therapy device for treatment of sexual dysfunction in irradiated cervical cancer patients

Presented in part at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 44th Annual Meeting, October 6–10, 2002, New Orleans, LA; the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, SSTAR 2003 28th Annual Meeting, March 6–9, 2003, Miami Beach, FL; and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health Annual Meeting, October 16–19, 2003, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  • MaryAnn Schroder, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: MaryAnn Schroder, Ph.D., A.P.N., C.F.N.P., F.A.A.C.S., Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 5758 S. Maryland Ave., MC 9006, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: (773) 702-2856; Fax: (773) 834-7340
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  • Loren K. Mell, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Jean A. Hurteau, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Yvonne C. Collins, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Jacob Rotmensch, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • Steven E. Waggoner, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • S. Diane Yamada, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • William Small Jr, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • Arno J. Mundt, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Received 30 March 2004 ,Revised 19 July 2004 ,Accepted 23 July 2004.

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 Supported in part by a grant from UroMetrics, Inc., St. Paul, MN.

 The authors of this original paper and their immediate family members have no commercial, proprietary, or financial interests in the medical device (clitoral therapy device; Eros Therapy) or the company (UroMetrics, Inc.) described in this article.

 Research was conducted at the University of Chicago Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology.

 J. Rotmensch, M.D. is currently at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. S. E. Waggoner, M.D. is currently at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

PII: S0360-3016(04)02137-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.07.728

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 1078-1086 , 15 March 2005

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