Special Topics

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO with Dr. Alexis Drutchas and Dallas Ducar, NP, FAAN

Caring for LGBTQ+ Patients

June 2025

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Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO with Dr. Sharon Bober

The Sexual Health Conversation Patients Wish You’d Start: Insights from Dr. Sharon Bober

September 2025

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Advanced Supportive Care- Sexual Health for Patients with Cancer and Survivors – A Video Presentation by Dr. Janet Abrahm

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Spirituality and sexual health among cancer survivors

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

Sex during and after treatment

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

The role therapists can play in caring for the sexual health and intimacy concerns of patients with cancer and survivors

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

Special concerns for men about sexual health and intimacy

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

Counseling patients struggling with body image after cancer treatment

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

Special concerns about sexual health and intimacy for lesbian women

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

Problems that affect women with their sexual health and intimacy after cancer treatment

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Pain and Symptom Management → Sexual Dysfunction → Videos: Dr. Sharon Bober: Addressing Sexuality and Intimacy Concerns for Patients with Cancer

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

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Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions  on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.

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