@article{680c9545051042d9b03062412367a935,
title = "Figuring out sex in a reconfigured body: Experiences of female colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies",
abstract = "Colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies can face complex concerns regarding sexuality. We used an anthropological perspective to examine the experiences of 30 female colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies to shed light on the sexual challenges and adaptations made in the wake ofcancer surgery and treatment. Participants fell into four categories with regard to their sexual experience post surgery; however, not all women found their altered sexuality to be particularly problematic. This type of phenomenological examination can inform a more patient-centered, less biomedically focused paradigm for assessing and improving the sexual health ofcancer survivors.",
keywords = "Cancer, Lifecourse, Quality of life, Sexuality",
author = "Michelle Ramirez and Carmit McMullen and Marcia Grant and Andrea Altschuler and Hornbrook, {Mark C.} and Krouse, {Robert S.}",
note = "Funding Information: This project {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Women, Sexuality, and Stomas{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} was funded by a Minority Supplement grant awarded to the first author by The National Cancer Institute (CA 106912-02S1). The parent grant to which the Minority Supplement is attached, {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}HR-QOL in Colorectal Cancer Survivors with Ostomies,{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} (CA 106912, Robert Krouse, MD, PI) was also funded by the NCI. The first author would like to thank the co-authors and members of the parent grant for their mentoring and guidance throughout the research and manuscript writing process. The authors also thank Kevin Lutz for his editorial assistance.",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1080/03630240903496093",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "49",
pages = "608--624",
journal = "Women and Health",
issn = "0363-0242",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "8",
}