Assessment of an onco-sexology support and follow-up program in cervical or vaginal cancer patients undergoing brachytherapy.

Purpose: Women's sexual health and wellbeing with cervical or vaginal cancer may be largely affected by complications from external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and utero-vaginal brachytherapy (BT), of which vaginal stenosis is the main complication. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of support by a nurse sexologist on sexuality, vaginal side-effects, and the quality of clinical follow-up in patients treated with brachytherapy for cervical or vaginal cancer.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of the sexuality of women treated for cervical or vaginal cancer.