Prostate cancer does not only affect the patient. It also affects his spouse or partner. For today’s episode, we are excited to bring Dr. Anne Katz onto the show! Dr. Katz has dedicated much of her professional life to educating and counseling couples, helping them support each other through the journey of prostate cancer, and thrive as a couple.  

Dr. Anne Katz is a widely respected and internationally recognized authority on human sexuality and how it affects those living with cancer. Dr. Katz is a certified sexuality counselor at CancerCare Manitoba and clinical nurse specialist at the Manitoba Prostate Centre. She is the editor of the Oncology Nursing Forum, which is the premier research journal of the Oncology Nursing Society. She got inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2014. She has educated healthcare providers and people with cancer about cancer, sexuality, and survivorship around the world. She is an avid blogger for the ASCO Connection, a professional networking site for the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s worldwide oncology community. 

She is the author of 14 books for healthcare providers and healthcare consumers on illness and sexuality and cancer survivorship. The books she has written include Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love, written for every individual who has loved, supported, and cared for a partner or spouse with prostate cancer. 

In September of 2020, she launched her podcast, Sexually Speaking Podcast, intended to inform and educate. Dr. Katz features guests talking about a wide range of topics related to sexuality.

Be sure to join us today to learn what Dr. Katz has to share about supporting someone you love with prostate cancer.

Disclaimer: The Prostate Health Podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as medical advice. By listening to the podcast, no physician-patient relationship has been formed. For more information and counseling, you must contact your personal physician or urologist with questions about your unique situation.

Show highlights:

• Dr. Katz explains what motivated her to follow the path she has chosen to get to where she is today.
• Dr. Katz explains why prostate cancer often gets referred to as a couple’s disease.
• The potential changes that can occur in a relationship as a result of prostate cancer.
• Dr. Katz talks about the advice she initially offers the partner or spouse after learning about their partner’s prostate cancer.
• Dr. Katz explains how a partner can best support their man with prostate cancer.
• Dr. Katz gives some tips for men with cancer to support their partners.
• Dr. Katz describes how she advises the partner or spouse in dealing with their own distress that comes with the prostate cancer journey.
• Dr. Katz shares what she has found to be the key behaviors to being a happy couple.
• Dr. Katz talks about the books she has written.

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