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Cancer and its treatment can have an impact on your sexuality, sex life and relationships.
This video provides a general overview of some of the possible effects that cancer and its treatment can have on your sexuality. It has information for men and women. The information in this video was correct as of 1 April 2011.
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Even if the changes are temporary, there may be many questions that you would like answered to help you understand what’s happening.
We hope that this section will help you to understand more about sexuality so that you are able to ask the questions that relate directly to you and your situation.
You can watch a video of Amanda's experience of the effect of cancer on her relationships and sexuality|.
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