Table 2.

Summary of retrospective studies of sexual outcome (percentage of sample with significant sexual behavior changes or sexual difficulties) following cervical cancer

Treatment and reference				Sexual behavior		Sexual dysfunction
	Country	Year	N	Not active	Decreased frequencies	Desire	Excitement	Orgasm	Dyspareunia
Surgery
13	USA	1962	32	12%	12%	—	—	—	—
14	USA	1974	32	6%	13%	6%	—	—	6%
12	USA	1987	22	32%	45%	50%	—	—	66%
7	UK	1993	61	8%	52%	44%	—	13%	19%
15	Austria	1954	30	—	—	53%	—	47%	—
16	Austria	1955	333	7%	—	22%	—	29%	33%
17	Austria	1988	87	33%	22%	76%	—	—	20%
18	Germany	1967	314	22%	32%	—	—	—	32%
19	Italy	1982	40	18%	80%	4%	—	60%	10%
20	Italy	1984	22	—	36%	15%	19%	—	—
21	Hong Kong	1985	40	—	30%	41%	28%	23%	30%
22	Hong Kong	1988	28	—	25%	43%	—	—	—
Radiation therapy
57	USA	1958	16	6%	44%	—	—	—	25%
13	USA	1962	29	31%	24%	—	—	—	—
14	USA	1974	28	25%	53%	43%	—	43%	—
58	USA	1980	22	—	72%	—	45%	—	—
15	Austria	1954	20	—	25%	60%	—	40%	—
28	Austria	1957	156	—	26%	25%	—	21%	—
27	Austria	1986	57	16%	54%	58%	—	—	50%
29	Switzerland	1968	35	29%	—	—	—	—	0%
30	Switzerland	1980	67	34%	40%	—	—	—	29%
18	Germany	1967	43	35%	36%	—	—	—	—
31	Denmark	1983	45	4%	36%	62%	—	—	26%
20	Italy	1984	15	7%	27%	24%	33%	—	—
21	Hong Kong	1985	10	—	40%	50%	80%	60%	—
22	Hong Kong	1988	28	—	25%	36%	—	—	—
Combination therapy
14	USA	1974	15	—	33%	—	—	—	—
32	USA	1988	27	7%	88%	72%	11%	39%	67%
34	Germany	1967	123	23%	—	39%	—	—	27%
35	Germany	1975	201	37%	—	33%	—	20%	27%
36	Germany	1982	564	6%	30%	41%	41%	—	—
29	Switzerland	1968	109	22%	—	—	—	—	20%
37	Austria	1980	75	10%	—	60%	—	23%	51%
31	Denmark	1983	22	—	16%	50%	—	—	—
38	Denmark	199?	146	32%	—	33%	—	—	40%
20	Italy	1984	61	8%	38%	17%	24%	—	—
21	Hong Kong	1985	53	—	77%	64%	—	58%	—
22	Hong Kong	1988	17	—	10%	55%	—	—	17%