Bober's program is one of a handful of sexuality-focused survivorship programs that have popped up at cancer centers around the country.

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But the debilitating effects on a patient's sexuality are often ignored, said Sharon Bober, director of the sexual health program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

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