Sundquist Kendra, Yee Lesley
Aust Fam Physician. 2003 Jan-Feb;32(1-2):19-23.
Cancer and its treatments can profoundly affect a person's sexuality including their body image, sexual functioning, relationships, identity and self esteem. One of the more common long lasting effects of cancer treatment is sexual dysfunction, yet for a number of reasons, health practitioners may not adequately address these topics.
This article describes the range of factors contributing to psychosexual problems for people with cancer and provides a useful framework for addressing problems and taking a sexual history.
More than half of all people diagnosed and treated for cancer in Australia now survive their disease. Many of these survivors suffer from significant physical and emotional changes during and after their cancer treatments that affect their sexuality and sexual functioning. Such patients need an opportunity to discuss these changes with their health practitioners, but all too often are not given the opportunity to do so.
癌症及其治疗方法会对人的性功能产生深远影响，包括身体形象、性功能、人际关系、身份认同和自尊。癌症治疗较为常见的长期影响之一是性功能障碍，但由于多种原因，医疗从业者可能无法充分探讨这些话题。
本文描述了导致癌症患者出现性心理问题的一系列因素，并提供了一个解决问题和获取性病史的有用框架。
在澳大利亚，目前超过一半被诊断患有癌症并接受治疗的人存活了下来。这些幸存者中的许多人在癌症治疗期间及之后出现了重大的身体和情绪变化，影响了他们的性特征和性功能。这类患者需要有机会与医疗从业者讨论这些变化，但往往没有这样的机会。
