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When breast cancer affects sexuality

Breast Cancer: almost 8 out of 10 patients affected by sexual problems


It is a little known fact and yet very common: about 76% of women with breast cancer experiencing sexual problems. At least that's according to a U.S. study conducted between November 2008 and May 2009 from more than 500 patients (1). However, sexual problems have an impact and impair the quality of life, mental patients, or their marriage.

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But what is meant by sexual problems? 'Women with cancer often suffer a decline in sexual desire, during and until 3 months after treatment, "says Chloe Vanhorick, a psychologist at the Breast Clinic of the Hopital Saint-Jean, Brussels. From a physiological point of view, they are often suffering from vaginal dryness, intimate relationships become uncomfortable or downright painful. " If they are not careful, this lack of lubrication can deteriorate in vaginismus, contraction of the vagina so strong that it makes sexual intercourse impossible.