During or after cancer treatment, patients may experience sexual dysfunction leading to a decrease in their quality of life.
Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH, talks about how fertility preservation can positively impact the psychosocial health in patients with breast cancer.
Data indicate that it may be safe to pause endocrine therapy for patients to attempt to conceive, and experts in the space review how it has impacted treatment strategies.
Multimedia intervention Starting the Conversation successfully encouraged discourse about sexual health among patients with breast cancer and reduced anxiety.
Analysis of women who have survived breast cancer reveal impacts on sexual life.
Women who survive breast cancer may have more difficulty in becoming pregnant when compared to the general population, and have a risk of preterm labor, but most deliver healthy babies and experience no detrimental effects on their long-term survival.