This article, devoted specifically to gynaecological cancers and their impact on the sexual and marital lives, is a collaboration between the psychologists and onco-gynaecologist within a cancer center. In oncology, gynaecological cancers' treatments involve at the same time anatomical, physiological and functional modifications impacting, in a major way, on the sexual life of women. All the phases of the sexual answer can be touched.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients suffering from cancer generally see their sex life deteriorate. Their self-image, the way their body is seen and their relationships with others are profoundly changed. Inviting the patient to evoke their difficulties helps them to regain a fulfilling sex life despite the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGeneral tendency of modern cancerology is the research of adequacy between extent of disease and treatments. This concept is of course valid for gynaecology and we saw these last months the promising results of fertility-sparing surgery: in initial cervical cancers and in ovarian cancer with good prognosis. Actual Studies should define a clear attitude in patient less than 40 with initial endometrial cancer.
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