Treatment of breast cancer in women can have many side effects like lowered sex drive and hair loss. Myra Hunter clinical psychologist at the Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust in Britain sees many women struggling with physical emotional and sexual changes brought on or exacerbated by breast cancer. 'Therapy like chemotherapy and tamoxifen can produce menopausal symptoms and women who have oestrogen-dependent cancers are advised not to have hormone treatment for these symptoms' Hunter explains. 'Vaginal dryness is commonly brought on by reduced oestrogen levels following adjuvant treatments (added to a treatment to help improve its effectiveness) and hot
