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Tatiana Prowell: Managing Vaginal Dryness and Sexual Dysfunction in Breast Cancer

Tatiana Prowell and Jenni Sheng

Dec 13, 2024, 19:52

Tatiana Prowell: Managing Vaginal Dryness and Sexual Dysfunction in Breast Cancer

Tatiana Prowell, Associate Professor of Oncology in the Division of Women’s Malignancies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, shared on X:

“We need to ask all patients on endocrine therapy for breast cancer about vaginal dryness and sexual dysfunction. Here’s a useful stepwise approach to managing these issues from Jenni Sheng.”

Sharon L Bober , Psychologist at Dana-Darber Cancer Institute and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, shared this post adding:

“Agree! Will add that women need specific teaching about how to use sexual aids and follow-up coaching if needed. This piece is critical because often women give up without getting support needed.”

Tatiana M. Prowell is an Associate Professor of Oncology in the Division of Women’s Malignancies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Breast Cancer Scientific Liaison to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

She was the principal architect of FDA’s policy on accelerated approval using pathological complete response as a novel regulatory endpoint in the neoadjuvant high-risk breast cancer setting, and a member of the Biden Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel Cancer Immunology Working Group. A frequent public speaker, she is a three-time recipient of FDA’s Excellence in Communication Award.

She is a past Giants of Cancer Care Award finalist, the recipient of the 2019 John and Samuel Bard Medal in Science or Medicine, and the recipient of a 2020 Webby Special Achievement Award for her effective use of social media during the pandemic. A passionate medical educator and mentor, she was Chair of the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting Education Committee.