PurposeSexual health concerns are common in breast cancer surgery but often overlooked. Yet, breast cancer patients want more sexual health information from their providers. We aimed to share ways for providers to address sexual health concerns with their breast cancer patients at different stages of the treatment process.MethodsExperts in breast cancer treatments, surgeries, and sexual health at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center assembled to review the literature and to develop the recommendations.ResultsProviders should provide sexual health information for their breast cancer patients throughout the continuum of care. Conversations should be initiated by the providers and can be brief and informative. Whenever appropriate, patients should be referred to Sexual Medicine experts and/or psychosocial support. There are various recommendations and tools that can be utilized at diagnosis, endocrine and chemotherapy, and breast surgery to identify patients with sexual health concerns and to improve their sexual functioning.ConclusionIn this paper, we sought to provide providers with some insights, suggestions, and tools to address sexual health concerns. We encourage healthcare providers to initiate the conversation throughout the continuum of care beginning as early as diagnosis and refer patients to additional services if available.

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解决乳腺癌患者性健康问题的指南

目的性健康问题在乳腺癌手术中很常见，但常常被忽视。然而，乳腺癌患者希望从其提供者那里获得更多性健康信息。我们的目的是分享如何让提供者在治疗过程的不同阶段解决乳腺癌患者的性健康问题。方法纪念斯隆凯特琳癌症中心的乳腺癌治疗、手术和性健康专家聚集在一起回顾文献并制定结果提供者应在整个护理过程中为其乳腺癌患者提供性健康信息。对话应由提供者发起，并且可以简短且内容丰富。在适当的情况下，应将患者转介给性医学专家和/或社会心理支持。有各种建议和工具可用于诊断、内分泌和化疗以及乳房手术，以识别有性健康问题的患者并改善其性功能。结论在本文中，我们试图为提供者提供一些见解、建议和建议。解决性健康问题的工具。我们鼓励医疗保健提供者从诊断开始就在整个护理过程中发起对话，并转介患者接受其他服务（如果有）。