Cancer World Newsletter - e-Grandround Managing the sexual consequences of cancer and its treatment

Sexual difficulties are not uncommon in the general population, and going through cancer and cancer treatments is known to increase the rate and severity of problems particularly in patients treated with pelvic radiotherapy. In this e-grandround, Isabel White, from the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, looks at how well oncologists screen for and address potential sexual problems, and offers some practical advice. What do you think? Do you invite patients to raise any sexual concerns they may have as a routine part of follow-up consultations? Are you equipped to respond to issues they may raise; if not, can you refer them to someone who is? If you are a patient, do you feel sexual problems are often not reported or addressed because doctors fail to explicitly ask about them in consultations? You can read the article here. Press the comment button at the end and share your views.