So You’re Gonna discuss the impact of ADT on the sex life of your patients

Hosts Joseph Ischia and Victoria Cullen, along with special guest Richard Wassersug, discuss the impact of ADT on the sex life of patients with prostate cancer. Victoria Cullen is a Sexuality Educator and PhD candidate at RMIT University. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree and Masters in Cognitive Psychology from University College London. In 2015, Victoria co-founded the world's first sex toy design course in an academic setting at RMIT University and in 2017, she partnered with Urology Surgeon, Professor Declan Murphy, to deliver complimentary consultations to prostatectomy patients. She offers free online resources for sexual recovery post prostate cancer treatment through her website www.atouchysubject.com. Richard Wassersug is a research scientist and also a prostate cancer patient, based in Vancouver, Canada, where he holds the position of Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He has authored or coauthored over 300 academic papers in fields as diverse as human sexuality and amphibian biology. However, a major focus of his research for the last decade has been on the psychology of androgen deprivation. An over-arching goal of Dr.Wassersug’s work is to develop ways to help men and their partners recognize and overcome the side effect burden from androgen deprivation therapy, which is the primary treatment for systemic prostate cancer. This research led to the 2014 book “Androgen Deprivation Therapy: An essential guide for prostate cancer patients and their loved ones” for which he is the lead author. A 2ndedition was published in 2018, and the two editions together have sold ~70,000 copies. Dr. Wassersug is a Co-lead for Canada's Androgen Deprivation Therapy Educational Program.