Columbus, Ohio. "Sex after cancer? Do not count on it. It is happening to thousands of couples. For the doctors and their patients do not like talking about it. It is a painful phenomenon, and although researchers can understand what happens, are just beginning to acquire the ability to predict who-and who does not-have a successful adjustment to sex after treatment.
"The sexual adjustment after cancer treatment is a serious problem for many, many couples," said Dr. Barbara Andersen, a psychologist and a member of the Center for Global Cancer Treatment Ohio State (The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center).
Andersen has been studying cancer and its impact on sexual activity for more than 20 years, said that studies have shown that between 30 and 50 per cent of women with gynecologic cancers face serious malfunctions in your sex life after treatment. Cancer treatment depends on the characteristics of the disease at diagnosis, but can often include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy-difficult procedures under any circumstances, but when surgery is even more disturbing parts of the body that reflect social imperatives that underlie perception of self-esteem of the person and their feelings about their own sexuality, Andersen said.
Surgery to treat gynecologic cancers may be extensive. Some patients require the removal of all pelvic organs, others face procedures that shorten or reduce vaginal lubrication and making it difficult relationships, and chemotherapy often affects the functions of the ovaries, stealing a woman's ability to bear children. "These are extreme measures, and although they may save the life of a woman, also have a dramatic impact on quality of life after made," said Kristen Carpenter, a candidate for the PhD degree working with Andersen.
Andersen and Carpenter are trying to determine which women will have more difficulty than others to adapt to sex after cancer treatment. What "is emerging is that the degree of happiness that someone enjoys your partner seems to be an important protective factor against the hardships of cancer therapy," said Carpenter.
More information about the studies and their results at www.osu.edu.
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