# OnCo record sex-fertility-after-bowel-cancer (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/sex-fertility-after-bowel-cancer/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "sex-fertility-after-bowel-cancer" ;
  schema:name "Sexual function, fertility and body image after bowel cancer"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "erectile difficulties after rectal surgery"@en, "vaginal dryness after pelvic radiotherapy"@en, "body image with a stoma"@en, "fertility after bowel cancer"@en ;
  schema:description "Pelvic surgery and radiotherapy can affect the nerves and tissues that control erections, ejaculation, vaginal comfort and sensation, and pelvic radiotherapy often causes infertility and an early menopause. NICE asks teams to raise altered sexual function before treatment, and a fertility referral belongs before treatment starts, not after."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/sex-fertility-after-bowel-cancer/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng151/chapter/Recommendations>, <https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/living-with-and-beyond-bowel-cancer/body-image-and-sex/>, <https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/living-with-and-beyond-bowel-cancer/fertility/>, <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/bowel-cancer/living-with/sex-life>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/sex-life-and-bowel-cancer>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/fertility>, <https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/colostomy/recovery-and-lifestyle-changes-after-a-colostomy/>, <https://www.colostomyuk.org/information/love-and-relationships/> ;
  onco:tag "gi", "colorectal" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/fertility-preservation/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/psycho-oncology/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/stoma/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/late-effects/> .