Table 9 Association between tumor stage and size and sexual activity after diagnosis and after chemotherapy
From: Sexual function and chemotherapy in postmenopausal women with breast cancer
Variable | Sexual activity, post-diagnosis | Sexual activity, post-chemotherapy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ceased (n=6) n (%) | Not ceased (n=18) n (%) | p* | Ceased (n=11) n (%) | Not ceased (n=13) n (%) | p* | |
Tumor stage | ||||||
II A – B (n=8) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (44.4) | 0.066 | 0 (0.0) | 8 (61.5) | 0.002 |
III A – B (n=16) | 6 (100) | 10 (56.6) | 11 (100) | 5 (38.5) | ||
Tumor size | ||||||
T2 (n=8) | 1 (16.7) | 7 (38.9) | 0.352 | 1 (9.1) | 7 (53.8)† | 0.050 |
T3 (n=6) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (27.8) | 3 (27.3) | 3 (23.1) | ||
T4 (n=10) | 4 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | 7 (70.0)† | 3 (23.1) | ||