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Therapies Used in Psychosexual Care

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A randomised clinical trial (RCT) to improve sexual functioning in patients post prostate cancer surgery was conducted. Men were randomised to either a 10-session group behavioural therapy or a control group. Men who participated in the group therapy reported improved sexual functioning compared with controls [1]. This highlights something that the pathway could focus on and has been shown to have a positive impact.

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  1. The Royal Free Hospital and UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Sanchia S. Goonewardene

  2. North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Raj Persad

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Goonewardene, S.S., Persad, R. (2018). Therapies Used in Psychosexual Care. In: Prostate Cancer Survivorship . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65358-7_18

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