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A Comprehensive Guideline on Sexual Care in Case of Cancer

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In spite of modern-day openness, sexuality has not received much attention in medical care [5]. This is especially damaging in the process of cancer. While many patients and couples suffer from the sexual side effects of cancer treatment, the majority of health care professionals (HCPs) find it difficult to address this area [6]. One of the reasons for not addressing sexuality is because many HCPs do not know who should do what, when, and how it should be done [3]. Just as in other areas of medical care, proper guidelines have to be developed as a mandatory step for dealing with the clear need for both information and communication and also to develop care and cure strategies for the various disturbances of sexual health and intimate life of the patient and their partner.

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  1. Urologist-Oncologist-Sexologist, Centre hospitalier Metropole-Savoie, Chambéry, 73011, France

    Pierre Bondil MD

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  1. Department of Urology, Amstelland Hospital, Amstelveen, The Netherlands

    Yacov Reisman

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    Woet L. Gianotten

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Bondil, P. (2017). A Comprehensive Guideline on Sexual Care in Case of Cancer. In: Reisman, Y., Gianotten, W. (eds) Cancer, Intimacy and Sexuality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43193-2_6

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