Statement of Retraction

This article refers to:

Sexuality and Cancer in Women

Article title: Sexuality and Cancer in Women

Authors: Willibrord C. M. Weijmar Schultz, Harry B. M. Van de Wiel, Daniela E. E. Hahn, and Mels F. Van Driel

Journal: Annual Review of Sex Research

Bibliometrics: Volume 3, Issue 1, 1992, pages 151–200

DOI: 10.1080/10532528.1992.10559878

We, the Editor, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and the Publisher of the Journal of Sex Research are retracting the following article:

Weijmar Schultz, W. C. M., Van de Wiel, H. B. M., Hahn, D. E. E., & Van Driel, M. F. (1992). Sexuality and cancer in women, Annual Review of Sex Research, 3:1, 151–200. DOI: 10.1080/10532528.1992.10559878

The Editor, Society, and Publisher received notice of an allegation of misconduct on the part of the Authors, namely, the Authors submitted the aforementioned paper to the journal without obtaining permission from Dr. Diana Jeffrey (formerly Dr. Diana Bransfield) regarding use of research from the following co-authored work in Sexual & Marital Therapy:

Weijmar Schultz, W. C. M., Bransfield, D. D., Van de Wiel, H. B. M., & Bouma, J. (1992). Sexual outcome following female genital cancer treatment: A critical review of methods of investigations and results. Sexual & Marital Therapy, 7:1, 29–64. DOI: 10.1080/02674659208404465

The aforementioned article also failed to reference the following dissertation:

Bransfield, D. D. Psychosexual functioning after irradiation for gynecologic cancer. Dissertation Abstracts International. Vol. 45 (12-B, Pt 1), June 1985, pp. 3990–3991.

The Editor, Society, and Publisher find this allegation to be valid. These actions constitute a breach of warranties made by the authors with respect to originality. We note we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published this article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure these actions.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as RETRACTED.

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June 2013