Key clinical point: Female breast cancer (BC) survivors are at a higher risk of experiencing sexual dysfunction symptoms compared with women from the general population.
Major finding: The risk for sexual dysfunction was higher in female BC survivors compared with women from the general population (hazard ratio [HR] 1.60; 95% CI 1.51-1.70), with the risk being more prominent within the first 5 years after BC diagnosis (HR 2.05; 95% CI 1.89-2.22) and in women who were <50 years old at the time of BC diagnosis (HR 3.05; 95% CI 2.65-3.51).
Study details: Findings are from the Utah Population Database cohort study including 19,709 women age ≥18 years who had survived BC and 93,389 age- and birth state-matched women from the general population.
Disclosures: This study was supported by grants from the US National Institutes of Health and other sources. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Chang CP et al. Breast cancer survivorship and sexual dysfunction: A population-based cohort study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 (May 9). Doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-06953-9