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Sexual Health During Cancer Treatment


Sexual Health Issues in Women and Cancer Treatment - Side Effects

Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiation may cause sexual problems in women. Conditions may include vaginal ...

Sex and Your Cancer Treatment

We recommend using a barrier device (condom or dental dam) during treatment and for a week after each treatment during oral, vaginal, or anal sex to prevent ...

Sexual Intimacy During Cancer Treatment

Chemotherapy may change normal vaginal lubrication; women may use a water-soluble lubricant, without a prescription in any drug store. A water-soluble lubricant ...

Chemo Side Effects: Sexuality and Cancer

Most men and women are still able to have an orgasm even if cancer treatment interferes with erections or vaginal lubrication, or involves removing some parts ...

How Cancer and Cancer Treatment Can Affect Sexuality

Sex, sexuality, and intimacy are just as important for people with cancer as they are for people who don't have cancer. In fact, sexuality and ...

Chemotherapy and sex: Is sexual activity OK during treatment?

In general, however, it's usually OK to have sex while undergoing chemotherapy — as long as you're feeling up to it ...

Sex and cancer | Impact on your sex life and relationships

Having sex during treatment. If you have sex during cancer treatment, it is important to prevent a pregnancy and to protect yourself and any partners.

Female Sexual Health After Cancer - Livestrong

The nerves that help a woman feel pleasure around the clitoris and in the vagina are rarely damaged by cancer treatment. Cancer or its treatment ...

Common Sexual Health Problems and Who Can Help - CDC

It can be challenging after cancer treatment to face sexual health concerns, even if you've been with your partner for years.

Sexual Health During Cancer Treatment - Together by St. Jude™

Chemotherapy: Wait 3 days (72 hours) after chemotherapy before having sex. This is the average amount of time that chemo takes to leave the body. During that ...

Sexual Health Issues in Men and Cancer Treatment - Side Effects

Men being treated for cancer may experience changes that affect their sexual life during, and sometimes after, treatment.

Sexual Health and Intimacy | After a Cancer Diagnosis | LLS

The risk of exposure to chemotherapy or other drugs during sexual activity are not clear. Ask your treatment team if you should take any precautions or avoid ...

Sex and chemotherapy | Cancer Research UK

Some people carry on with their sex lives as normal during chemotherapy. Others find their treatment changes how they feel emotionally or physically. Most of ...

How Cancer Changes Your Sex Life—and What You Can Do About It

And while some treatments have little impact on sexual function, others have a profound effect, changing body parts and hormones, contributing ...

Sexual Health Program for Cancer Patients and Survivors

During cancer treatment, you may notice physical and emotional changes in the way you feel about your body and about sex. This is a common reaction to ...

Sexual Health and Cancer | UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sexual health involves communication, closeness and intimacy, as well as physical sexual activity. Cancer and cancer treatment can affect how you feel.

Sexuality After Cancer as an Unmet Need: Addressing Disparities ...

Cancer care professionals should ask about sexual health concerns around the time of diagnosis and throughout follow-up. Incorporating sexual ...

Cancer, Sex, and the Female Body

If both partners cannot reach orgasm through or during penetration, some may feel disappointed. But during and after cancer treatment, there may ...

Sexual Health After Cancer Treatment | City of Hope

Many cancer survivors experience physical and emotional changes after cancer treatment that may affect how they feel about their sexual health and intimate ...

Women, Sexual Health, and Cancer | OncoLink

Common Sexual Health Concerns During and After Treatment · A loss of desire for sex and/or other intimate activities. · Inability to have an orgasm. · Sex that ...