Study Finds Many Young Adults Suffer Sexual Problems After Cancer Treatment
A new doctoral study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet has found that sexual difficulties are common among young people who have survived cancer treatment. The nature and severity of those difficulties shift considerably based on cancer type and how intensively the patient was treated. Charlotta Bergström, a nurse and doctoral student at the Karolinska Institutet, led the research, which covered more than 1,000 patients. The study drew on Fex-Can, a research project tracking sexual and reproductive outcomes in cancer patients, with follow-up surveys over five years. Those findings were set against responses from a cancer-free peer group to establish a point…

