In this post I describe the results of a study presented at the 2026 meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among U.S. males, and its treatments cause significant long-term sexual dysfunction. Yet sexual rehabilitation was designed almost exclusively around restoring erectile function for penile-vaginal intercourse — […]

For Pride Month, I’m advocating for equity in cancer care! In my latest commentary, I’m calling for a paradigm shift that prioritizes the sexual rehabilitation of cancer patients, especially gay and bisexual men, whose sexual health needs are often overlooked. Read my commentary in JAMA Oncology and join the conversation on making cancer care more […]

Sexual rehabilitation of gay and bisexual prostate cancer (PCa) patients is based on heteronormative assumptions of sex, which does not fully consider sexual rehabilitation related to the loss of pleasure and experience of pain during receptive anal intercourse (RAI). It is estimated that 10-23% of gay/bisexual men (GBM) treated for PCa experience anodyspareunia (i.e., painful […]