[Sexual rehabilitation of patients with cervix cancer]

The effects of therapy on the vita sexualis have a great importance in universal rehabilitation of patients with carcinomas. 168 treated women suffering from an invasive carcinoma of the cervix were consulted about their sex life and the relationship with their partner during the follow-up. Depending on the methods of therapy (radical operation, primary irradiation, combined treatment), loss of libido was seen in 53% of the patients, and loss of orgasm in 61%. The frequency of cohabitation decreased in 45% of the consulted persons. 10% of the women living in sexual partnership were of the opinion that severe disturbances in partner relations resulted therefrom. The least disturbance of the intimate relationship was found in women, who had a harmonious family background in life and who were informed to a sufficient degree.