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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1981 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1981.03310440004002
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The sexual problems of cancer patients are now getting the attention that used to be directed chiefly to the sexual aspects of cardiovascular disease and spinal cord injury. Frank J. Rauscher, Jr, PhD, senior vice-president for science of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and former director of the National Cancer Institute, speaks of the importance of preventing "the ultimate trauma [cancer] from depriving patients of the ultimate joy [of sex]." He expressed annoyance during an ACS seminar in Daytona Beach, Fla, "that we haven't paid more attention to this." However, at the ACS's national conference on gynecologic cancer last October in Los Angeles, George W. Morley, MD, director of gynecologic oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, emphasized consideration of the patient's sexuality in treating cancer of the vulva. For example, he said, the surgeon should preserve the clitoris when possible. Also at that Los Angeles meeting, Melvin J.
Journal
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: May 15, 1981