ABSTRACT

Sexuality is a significant aspect of life that can be vulnerable to disruption for all cancer patients, and this includes those coping with haematological disorders (Welch-McCaffrey et al., 1989). Unfortunately, the topic of sexual adjustment to cancer diagnosis and treatment has received little attention in the research literature. To date, in spite of the increasing emphasis on assessing QOL, most of these studies have not included sexual and psychosexual functioning (Molassiotis et al., 1995a).