Sexual Side Effects from Chemotherapy

By PJ Hamel, Health Guide Tuesday, May 01, 2007

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For once those powerful chemo drugs aren’t the primary cause of the aggravating side effects to breast cancer treatment: loss of sexual desire, and painful intercourse. The culprit is your body’s lack of hormone production, brought on by menopause, brought on by, yes, those chemo therapy drugs.

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By PJ Hamel, Health Guide— Last Modified: 05/20/11, First Published: 05/01/07

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