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JUNE 21, 2024

Sexual Dysfunction Common for Women With MBC

By Gina Shaw
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Nusrat Jahan, MD

Self-reported sexual dysfunction is frequent in women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), according to a recent study from Mayo Clinic researchers.

Nearly 85% of patients in the study reported some degree of sexual dysfunction after four years of therapy, according to lead author Nusrat Jahan, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in hematology/oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Although that might seem like a long period of follow-up, it does