Abstract
Clinical work with young adults who were successfully treated for cancer during childhood and adolescence reveals the psychosocial complexities of being a cancer survivor as well as the multifaceted nature of human sexuality and development. Healthy sexual development is based on the delicate interplay of physical, psychological, and interpersonal factors. Young patients with any chronic illness, including cancer, must tackle normative developmental issues as well as disease- and treatment-related challenges. Because development occurs as a succession of inextricably related stages, one building on another, disruption at an earlier stage may have a profound impact on subsequent development. Pediatric cancer and its treatment have the potential to subtly but dramatically disrupt the development of healthy adult sexuality by compromising one or more of these developmental building blocks. A small but convincing literature is developing that, while supporting the overall well-being of cancer survivors (e.g.,...
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