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Sexual Health & Healing After Cancer
Sex is one of life’s natural pleasures and it should not be not be painful. We may be able to help.
Meet our Sexual Health Specialists: Nicole Afuape, MD, FACOG | George Kallingal, MD, MPH
We built our Sexual Health and Healing Program around your needs and goals. At Dignity Health – Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, we know life-saving cancer treatment may change a lot of things in your body. Hormonal imbalance can occur as well as physical changes that cause challenges with sexuality and intimacy, such as sex after a mastectomy or radiation or surgery for rectal or prostate cancer. If you are experiencing any of the following conditions, please schedule an assessment:
Our interdisciplinary care team provides comprehensive, compassionate care coordination, guidance, education, and ongoing follow-up care throughout your entire journey. The Sexual Health and Healing program at the Dignity Health – Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s may be able to help you return to sexual intimacy following cancer-related surgery, radiation or treatment with chemotherapy or immunotherapy. If you are undergoing treatment or have completed treatment for ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer or bladder cancer, rectal cancer, or other cancers and experiencing challenges with sexual intimacy, we may be able to help.
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Call (602) 406-8222 to schedule your confidential assessment or for more information.