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Disorders of Female Orgasm

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Both cancer and cancer treatments can have ­deleterious effects on women’s ability to attain orgasm. The degree to which sexual functioning at large is impacted depends on a number of medical, psychological, and social factors including severity of the disease, treatment intensity and length, emotional status during cancer diagnosis and management, access to social support, and comorbid psychological problems. In this chapter, we discuss the diagnosis, prevalence, and treatment of female orgasmic disorder (FOD), with an emphasis, where possible, on how they pertain to women with current or past cancer. Orgasm is a fundamental component of sexual response in both men and women, and is affected frequently in humans from the studies of cancer survivors.

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Khouri, Y.P., Hughan, C.P., Meston, C.M. (2011). Disorders of Female Orgasm. In: Mulhall, J., Incrocci, L., Goldstein, I., Rosen, R. (eds) Cancer and Sexual Health. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-916-1_11

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