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Filling the gaps in knowledge and treatments for sexual health in young adult male cancer survivors
Author(s) -
Syrjala Karen L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29988
Subject(s) - medicine , sexual function , reproductive health , prostate cancer , cancer , young adult , childhood cancer , lymphoblastic leukemia , leukemia , gerontology , environmental health , population
Male survivors of childhood cancer will spend their entire adult lives with the late effects of treatment on their sexual health. A valuable article in this issue makes it clear that the sexual difficulties in these survivors, who most often are treated for hematologic malignancies like acute lymphoblastic leukemia, differ from those in men who are treated for prostate or testicular cancer, and their sexual function treatments must be adapted to fit those needs. See also pages 2268–76.