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Read our booklet on your body, intimacy and sex

Breast cancer and your treatment can result in various physical and emotional changes. Here in this booklet, we cover how these changes can affect how you feel about your body, and the ways they can affect sex and intimacy.

Intimate relationships and breast cancer

This webpage covers the effects of breast cancer on sexual desire, guides you through how to talk to a partner about sex during or after breast cancer treatment, and looks at the emotional effects of breast cancer on sex and intimacy.