{"id":403981,"date":"2021-05-10T13:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nortonhealthcare.com\/?page_id=403981"},"modified":"2022-06-01T17:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:08:06","slug":"sex-and-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/nortonhealthcare.com\/services-and-conditions\/cancer-care\/patient-resources\/sexual-health\/sex-and-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Treatments and Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fight against cancer means living. Understand your cancer treatment, including how it can affect your sexual health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sexual health and cancer can be an important part of your conversations with your oncologist and other health care providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More cancer patients in Louisville and Southern Indiana choose Norton Cancer Institute, where they find sophisticated expertise, including access to innovative clinical trials, and a commitment to treating the whole person \u2014 not just the cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Norton Cancer Institute Sexual Health Program brings together the expertise from across Norton Healthcare, including oncology and women\u2019s care, to address the sexual concerns and conditions that come with a cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treatments for any type of cancer can affect your body\u2019s sexual response, your interest in sex and whether it\u2019s safe to have sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemotherapy and Sex<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chemotherapy side effects can include early menopause, including a loss of fertility and symptoms such as vaginal dryness, pain with sex, hot flashes or decreased desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discuss the safety of sexual intimacy during chemotherapy with your doctor, including if there is a need for pregnancy prevention, what types of sexual activity are safe, and what protection is needed for your partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consult with your doctor, but for most patients, chemotherapy itself is no reason to refrain from sexual intimacy. The fatigue, hormonal effects and other side effects of chemotherapy may simply leave you not feeling like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask your doctor if your gynecological or other organs need to heal, if you are susceptible to infection, if there is a risk of severe bleeding or if you could become pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if sex is out of the question for the time being, keep in mind that intimacy and affection don\u2019t need to be set aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sexual Intimacy After Cancer Surgery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surgery to remove cancers can mean changes or the loss of body parts associated with sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surgery for gynecological cancer can leave vaginal canal scarring, narrowing (stenosis) or pain. Removal of the ovaries can cause early menopause. Breast removal, even with advancements in plastic surgery and reconstruction, can leave a loss of feeling that can affect arousal. Mastectomy also can change the way a person feels about their body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some cancer treatments require bypassing diseased parts of the colon and require a colostomy \u2014 an artificial opening in the abdominal wall \u2014 that can affect feelings about sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sex and Radiation Treatment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radiation for gynecologic cancers can cause the vagina to narrow and shorten, leading to pain during sex. Clinically known as vaginal stenosis, prevention and treatment include progressive vaginal dilators and pelvic floor physical therapy. Radiation also can leave scar tissue, making vaginal tissue tough. Patients who are treated with pelvic radiation for other cancers, such as rectal cancer, can also develop these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radiation to the head and neck can change production of saliva \u2014 which can affect kissing and oral sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sexual Side Effects of Tamoxifen and Other Hormone Blockers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamoxifen and other hormone-blocking breast cancer treatments can cause menopausal symptoms that affect sexual intimacy. Side effects include vulvar and vaginal dryness, thinning of vaginal tissue, decreased libido, hot flashes and night sweats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaginal moisturizers and lubricants may help relieve symptoms of dryness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stem Cell Transplant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After stem cell transplant, it is possible for graft-versus-host disease to affect the vagina and sexual intimacy. It is important to discuss this with your doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-callout    \">\n\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-norton-cancer-institute\">Norton Cancer Institute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regional-leader-in-cancer-care\">Regional Leader in Cancer Care<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Norton Healthcare is recognized by U.S News &amp; World Report on its \u201cBest Hospitals\u201d list as No. 1 in the Louisville area, with \u201chigh performing\u201d ratings in gynecologic cancer surgery and prostate cancer surgery through Norton Cancer Institute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First in the world<\/strong>\u00a0to treat a patient with a novel combination therapy for newly diagnosed acute leukemia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First in the world<\/strong>\u00a0to treat a solid tumor patient with ONC-841, a novel immunotherapy drug targeting the SIGLEC-10 immune checkpoint 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