Self-reported sexual dysfunction in patients with rectal cancer.
M SörenssonD AsplundP MatthiessenJ RosenbergT HallgrenC RosanderE GonzálezD BockEva HaglindPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
Sexual activity in patients with rectal cancer is lower at diagnosis compared with the population norm and is further reduced at 1 year. The presence of a stoma contributed to reduced sexual activity after operation. Sexual dysfunction was difficult to evaluate due to low sexual activity in the cohort. In men, erectile dysfunction is common.