Arnault, Yolande

Sexual health, sexuality, and cancer: Oxymoron, aporia, or reality? - 2023.


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How can we approach a statement which, at first glance, may appear to be a perfect contradiction: “Sexual health, sexuality, and cancer”? Cancer has been, is, and will continue to be a major topic of discussion. . . Cancer disrupts and sometimes destroys—for a while or for good—the lives of sufferers. How can we consider sexual health and sexuality during and after the ordeal inflicted by cancer? Is there any way forward, or do such questions lead to an impasse?