Supporting Sexual Recovery in Women With Bladder Cancer

Launched by KING'S COLLEGE LONDON · Jul 21, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Background \& Aims Bladder cancer is one of the top ten cancers in the UK. In women, it can be more aggressive, meaning it can be more harmful. Bladder cancer often needs invasive treatment or procedures such as bladder removal. This can cause problems with a woman's sexual well-being and recovery.

There are different types of bladder cancer, and each requires a different treatment. In high-risk types, a more intensive treatment is required. The patient may need to have their bladder removed. The bladder is replaced with an alternative option for urine drainage such as a bag on the skin. I...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• • Patient Inclusion
• • All women and other patients with a clitoris, vagina, neo-vagina or neo-clitoris
• • Have a diagnosis of BCa-any grade/stage and have had a cystectomy (bladder removal)
• • At least 6 months after cystectomy
• • \>/ 18 years old
• • Written informed consent.
• • HCP Inclusion
• • All those working directly within a bladder cancer speciality
• • Professional registration
• • Written informed consent
• • Patient Exclusion
• • Poor command of the English language to the extent that the researcher judges this to critically undermine the ability to achieve the objectives of the interview.
• • A judgement by the researcher or the individual's clinician, based on either clinical appraisal (capacity assessment) or review of the individual's medical notes, that the individual has a cognitive functioning impairment that would interfere with ability to understand and complete the interview.
• • Documentation in the accessible medical notes of a psychiatric condition that would hamper participation in interview.
• • A judgement by the researcher or the individual's clinician, based on either clinical appraisal or review of the individual's medical notes, that the individual is too ill to participate; or is ill enough that participation would produce an unreasonable burden on that individual.
• • Aged \<18 years.
• HCP Exclusion:
• • -Those without professional registration