A neglected issue: The sexual side effects of current treatments for breast cancer
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
- Vol. 18 (1) , 3-19
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00926239208404354
Abstract
All current treatments for breast cancer can result in serious sexual impairments, but this important aspect of cancer care has been largely neglected. This paper contains a brief summary of breast cancer treatments and their potential sexual side effects. The remedies which are available at this time are also discussed. This material is presented to encourage professionals to become more aware of and more attentive to the sexual needs of their cancer patients.Keywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- Magnvs Achilles - Katherine Callen King: Achilles, Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages. Pp. xx + 335; 23 figures; illustrations by Deborah Nourse Lattimore. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1987. $38.The Classical Review, 1989
- A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Tamoxifen in the Treatment of Patients with Node-Negative Breast Cancer Who Have Estrogen-Receptor–Positive TumorsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1989
- Androgen enhances sexual motivation in females: a prospective, crossover study of sex steroid administration in the surgical menopause.Psychosomatic Medicine, 1985
- The management of persistent menopausal symptoms with oestradiol-testosterone implants: Clinical, lipid and hormonal resultsMaturitas, 1984
- Vaginal Atrophy in the Postmenopausal WomanJAMA, 1983
- The Relation of Plasma Androgen Levels to Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes of Women1Psychosomatic Medicine, 1982
- Cytotoxic-lnduced Ovarian Failure in Hodgkin's DiseasePublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1979
- Psychosexual counseling of the mastectomy patientJournal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1978
- The Classification of the Female Sexual DysfunctionsJournal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1974
- THE ROLE OF HORMONES IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. I. CHANGES IN FEMALE SEXUALITY AFTER ADRENALECTOMYJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1959