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Sex, Intimacy, and the Gynecologic Oncologist

Survey Results of the New England Association of Gynecologic Oncologists (NEAGO)

Doreen L. Wiggins MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Center for Sexuality, Intimacy, and Fertility of the Program in Women's Oncology, Women & Infants' Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, 02905, USA
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Roxanne Wood Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Center for Sexuality, Intimacy, and Fertility of the Program in Women's Oncology, Women & Infants' Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, 02905, USA
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C. O. Granai MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Center for Sexuality, Intimacy, and Fertility of the Program in Women's Oncology, Women & Infants' Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, 02905, USA
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Don S. Dizon MD, FACP Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Center for Sexuality, Intimacy, and Fertility of the Program in Women's Oncology, Women & Infants' Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, 02905, USA
Pages 61-70 | Published online: 23 Sep 2008

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