Cancer, menopause, and sexual health
A cancer diagnosis and resulting treatments can significantly impact a woman’s fertility and sexual health. Everyone is unique in their needs and desires when it comes to sexuality. Issues that may arise include hormonal changes, fatigue, vaginal dryness, painful intercourse, altered body image and self-esteem. Specialists in the Spectrum Health Cancer Center look forward to being a partner in a patient's cancer treatment and help manage confusing symptoms as well as body changes. Our goal is that appointments help patients feel knowledgeable, hopeful, con dent and understood.
Women with greatest risk for onset or increase in menopause symptom’s and impact to their sexual health.
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Colon cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Vaginal cancer
- Vulvar cancer
The cancer menopause and sexual health clinic will help with sexual side effects that could be experienced during and after cancer treatment and explain which treatments can cause these side effects. The clinic will create a customized treatment plan based upon patient’s personal goals, medical history and life circumstances. The treatment plan may include education, lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise, and prescription medications.