Sexual function and disease progression in women with advanced cancer.

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate sexual function, body image, quality of life, and disease progression rates in women with advanced cancer.

Methods: Sixty women staged III-IV breast, gynaecological, or colorectal cancer completed the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), the Body Image Scale, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTQL), and the Beck Depression Inventory. Forty-three women (71.