ASCO Develops Sexual Health Guidelines for Cancer Doctors & Patients
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) urges doctors to discuss sexual health with their cancer patients.
These conversations should continue throughout cancer treatment and include partners, if the patient chooses, the organization said in a new set of published guidelines.
While all of the recommendations aren't suitable for all patients, the guidelines should help doctors tailor their treatment approaches.
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Surgeons Perform World's First Penis and Scrotum Transplant
A U.S. military veteran has received the world's first penis and scrotum transplant.
A team of 11 surgeons performed the surgery last March at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
The patient was wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
During the 14-hour procedure, surgeons transplanted a penis, scrotum (without testicles), and part of an abdominal wall from a deceased donor.
Doctor's expressed hope that the man's urinary and sexual function would be restored within several months.
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