Websites

General Sexual Health

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Mayo Clinic. Sexual Health. (USA)
• World Health Organization (WHO): Sexual and Reproductive Health

Seniors

• Aging & Health
• National Institute on Aging: Sexuality in later life

Cancer

• Canadian Cancer Society: Sexuality and cancer
• Mayo Clinic: Cancer treatment can cause physical changes that make having sex more difficult
• American Cancer Society: Dealing with sexual problems
• American Cancer Society: Cancer, sex and sexuality
• MacMillian Cancer Support: Relationships and sex

Latest Journal Articles

• Medline Plus​​

Print Books

Leibson, Beth, The cancer survivor handbook: your guide to building a life after cancer. New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, [2014]

Drescher, Jack, 1951- A gay man’s guide to prostate cancer. New York: Haworth Medical Press/Harrington Park Press, c2005.

Peltason, Ruth A. I am not my breast cancer: women talk openly about love & sex, hair loss & weight gain, mothers & daughters, and being a woman with breast cancer. New York : Harper, 2008.

Maisano, Gina M. Intimacy after breast cancer: dealing with your body, relationships and sex. Garden City Park, NY: Square One Publishers, c2010.

Katz, Anne. Man cancer sex. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Hygeia Media, c2010.

Katz, Anne. Woman cancer sex. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Hygeia Media, c2009.

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​Female
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Other

Sexual Health Resources.pdf​

The following patient education resources are available in booklet form. Pick up a printed copy at your local cancer centre.

Sexual-Health-Information-for-Women-with-Cancer.pdf​

Sexual-Health-Information-for-Men-with-Cancer.pdf​

Fertility-and-You.pdf​

Low-Sexual-Desire.pdf​​​​