While any cancer diagnosis and the subsequent treatment process is incredibly stressful, the specific difficulties of women undergoing treatment for reproductive cancers are often overlooked.
A 2017 study published in the International Review of Psychiatry showed that 45 percent of individuals with gynecological cancers experience post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), exacerbated by the fact that many women blame themselves for their illnesses due to use of birth control or smoking early in life.
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