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Article: Sexual Function Measurement and Outcomes in Cancer Survivors and Matched Controls.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
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Researchers and cancer survivor advocates are focusing increased attention on sexual function as a fundamental component of quality of life. This focus is warranted by the ever-increasing numbers of cancer survivors, with a relative rate of over 50% of people diagnosed with cancer now living five or more years past initial diagnosis (American Cancer Society, 1999). While findings are still rudimentary and vary by diagnosis, type of treatment, and gender, difficulties with sexual function are some of the more prevalent long-term complications following cancer treatment (Ganz, Rowland, Desmond, Meyerowitz, & Wyatt, 1998; Syrjala et al., 1998).
A major barrier to ...