Cancer Survivorship
Continue to Thrive.
After surviving cancer, you can rely on the expertise of North Houston Gynecologic Oncology Surgeons to help you thrive. At the Shenandoah, Texas, office, Nefertiti duPont, MD, MPH, a board-certified gynecologic oncologist, specializes in restoring your life after cancer through the available cancer survivorship services.
You get customized medical attention to improve your general and sexual health following cancer, so you can enjoy the highest quality of life. Call North Houston Gynecologic Oncology Surgeons, or book an appointment online today to learn more about cancer survivorship.
Why would I need cancer survivorship services?
Following a gynecological cancer diagnosis and treatment, you may need assistance moving forward with your life. At North Houston Gynecologic Oncology Surgeons, Dr. duPont focuses on helping you feel more confident in your health and coping with the changes in your life that cancer treatment causes through the available cancer survivorship services.
The goals of cancer survivorship services are to help you overcome anxieties you have about your health and to address any complications cancer treatments cause, so you can live a happy, full life.
What are the available cancer survivorship services?
To help you thrive in life after cancer, Dr. duPont offers a wide range of cancer survivorship services, including:
Maintaining health and wellness
Improving sexual health
Wellness during menopause
Perimenopausal sexual health
Dr. duPont offers cancer survivorship services in person and conveniently through a telemedicine platform that you can access from anywhere. She focuses on helping you improve your overall health and reducing your risk for additional cancer complications.
You can access a variety of resources to help you improve your diet and enhance your daily exercise regimen to promote better health. Dr. duPont also offers comprehensive care for issues that directly affect your sexual health and function.
How does cancer affect sexual health?
Cancer and its treatments can affect your sexual health in several ways. Changes in your physical health can have an impact on how you feel about yourself sexually and influence your thoughts and behaviors, which affects your relationships.
Cancer treatments can change your desire for sex (libido) and your sexual function. Radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery can also have an impact on your hormone levels, which influence sexual health, and can trigger early menopause, which signals the end of your childbearing years, and you stop having periods for good.
The transition to menopause and perimenopause, the time leading up to the end of your periods, can also cause changes that affect your sexual health and function. Dr. duPont offers customized services to help you navigate your wellness and sexual health after cancer care, during menopause, and beyond.
To learn more about the benefits of cancer survivorship, schedule a consultation online or by calling North Houston Gynecologic Oncology Surgeons today.