Sexual and reproductive health in cancer survivors

S Goldfarb, J Mulhall, C Nelson, J Kelvin, M Dickler… - Seminars in …, 2013 - Elsevier
As patients live longer after cancer diagnosis and treatment, attention to symptoms and
quality of life (QoL) are of increasing importance both during treatment and throughout
survivorship. Two complications of multi-modal cancer treatment that can profoundly affect
both men and women are sexual dysfunction and infertility. Survivors at highest risk for
treatment-related sexual dysfunction are those with tumors that involve the sexual or pelvic
organs and those whose treatment affects the hormonal systems mediating sexual function …