Sexuality and Cancer

A cancer diagnosis can have a critical impact on sexual health. It is therefore crucial that sexual health be routinely addressed to mitigate distress, enhance patient care, and improve quality of life.

Altered sexuality and intimacy are among the top quality-of-life issues cited by cancer survivors posttreatment, according to Sage Bolte, PhD, LCSW, Chief Philanthropy Officer and President, Inova Health Foundation.

San Francisco, CA—Sexual dysfunction is prevalent in women with breast cancer, and is a consequence of treatment that pre- and postmenopausal women receive. As reported at the 2015 Breast Cancer Symposium, however, the safety and efficacy of available treatments remain understudied at this time.