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Article: Helping survivors restore their sex lives. (Cancer).(post-cancer treatment women)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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Feminine cancers--which involve the endometrium, ovaries, and cervix--are ranked fourth in prevalence among women (after breast, colon, and lung cancers). Although many of today's treatments--hysterectomy, radiation, and chemotherapy--can effectively treat these diseases, they often can cause uncomfortable side effects that can affect a woman's self-esteem and sense of femininity, indicates Pat Love, author of The Truth About Love and an advisor to the Vagisil Women's Health Center.
More than 12,000,000 women in the U.S. have had hysterectomies and/or their ovaries removed, often to treat disorders of the reproductive system, including cancer. When the uterus is ...