TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexuality, a topic that surgeons should discuss with women before risk-reducing mastectomy and breast reconstruction
AU - Dikmans, Rieky E. G.
AU - van de Grift, Tim C.
AU - Bouman, Mark-Bram
AU - Pusic, Andrea L.
AU - Mullender, Margriet G.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - While sexual health is an important aspect of quality of life, sexual issues usually go unaddressed during patient-provider communication. Breast cancer treatments and specifically breast surgery impact women's sexual well-being. However, women do not receive adequate information on this subject. Women who underwent prophylactic mastectomy and breast reconstruction invariably reported that they had underestimated the impact of mastectomy and reconstruction on their sexuality, and expressed a need for information and creating realistic expectations pertaining to sexuality. Therefore, we urge breast surgeons to take the lead in addressing sexuality along with other health-related quality-of-life outcomes during pre-operative consultation.
AB - While sexual health is an important aspect of quality of life, sexual issues usually go unaddressed during patient-provider communication. Breast cancer treatments and specifically breast surgery impact women's sexual well-being. However, women do not receive adequate information on this subject. Women who underwent prophylactic mastectomy and breast reconstruction invariably reported that they had underestimated the impact of mastectomy and reconstruction on their sexuality, and expressed a need for information and creating realistic expectations pertaining to sexuality. Therefore, we urge breast surgeons to take the lead in addressing sexuality along with other health-related quality-of-life outcomes during pre-operative consultation.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30550924
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2018.12.003
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2018.12.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 30550924
SN - 0960-9776
VL - 43
SP - 120
EP - 122
JO - Breast
JF - Breast
ER -