Intimacy and Insight: Sexual Health After Breast Cancer

Sexual health after breast cancer is a topic too often left in the shadows - yet it profoundly affects quality of life both during and post-diagnosis.

In this episode, Dr Belinda Yeo and Dr Virginia Baird open the conversation, sharing insights into how we can better support patients navigating intimacy, identity, and well-being after breast cancer treatment.

In this episode, we sit down with Belinda and Virginia to discuss:

• (0:50) Why sexual health is such an important, but often overlooked, component of breast cancer care.
• (1:23) The most commonly identified sexual health issues that patients face.
• (07:20) The changes that need to happen within clinical practice to better support breast cancer patients.

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Guests: Medical Oncologist Belinda Yeo, and Breast Clinician Virginia Baird.

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If you were interested in learning more listen to our online Q&A event, moderated by Author and Journalist Annabel Crabb, on Breast Cancer and Sex.