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Your Sexual Health as a Cancer Survivor

December 23rd 2020

By Colleen Moretti

Dr. Mindy Goldman from the UCSF Hellen Diller Comprehensive Care Center, discusses sexual side effects that cancer survivors face, and offers medication and lifestyle fixes to promote healthy and safe sexual encounters.

Speaking Out: Seeking Sexual Healing

February 13th 2020

By Sharon Bober, PH.D.

Cancer treatment can take a toll on sexual health, but multiple therapies can help ease these undiscussed side effects. To get help, speak up.

Sex and Cancer

April 20th 2019

By Kathy LaTour

Talking about sex during and after cancer treatment can be tricky. With the issues surrounding cancer in the equation, what is supposed to be unspoken and mystical now requires some good communication.

How to Have the Sex Talk During and After Cancer

October 21st 2018

By Katie Kosko

One expert shares advice for opening the line of communication between patients and health care providers, as well as their partners.

Speaking Out About the Unspoken Broken

May 8th 2018

By Anonymous

Breast cancer affects all aspects of a marriage. Intimacy is one of the most affected areas, but is also one of the least talked about. In this article, learn how one survivor’s life has been drastically changed.

Leading Cancer Centers Lack Availability of Sexual Aids

May 6th 2018

By Katie Kosko

Despite awareness that many cancer survivors suffer from treatment-related sexual dysfunction, sexual aids and resources are not readily available to them — even at leading cancer centers throughout the United States.

Shining a Spotlight on Prostate Cancer

March 29th 2018

By Kristie L. Kahl

What do Bill Nye the Science Guy, fashion designer Michael Kors and one very special prostate cancer advocate all have in common? Blue jackets, a runway and the ultimate goal of raising awareness for prostate cancer.

Let's Talk About Sexual Intimacy

March 17th 2018

By Katie Kosko

Expert Leslie Schover, Ph.D., offers advice — that really works — on sex after cancer treatment.

Finding Your PATHS and Addressing Sexual Health

December 19th 2017

By LESLIE R. SCHOVER, PH.D.

A free online pilot program helps people with cancer and their partners work through sexual health and fertility obstacles.

Surviving the Aftereffects of Cancer

August 17th 2017

By Lisa Machado

It's time to start paying attention to what comes after cancer treatment.