Claire (Host)
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 14 Aug
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Appreciate that.
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Welcome back.
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Now, a new Irish Cancer Society funded research study has revealed that many prostate cancer patients and their partners were unprepared for the impact of treatment on their sexual function.
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The groundbreaking PROACT patient led research on sexual experience after cancer treatment survey aims to understand how prostate cancer treatment affects intimacy, mental health and quality of life for both patients and their partners,
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Well, to find out more about this, I'm joined in studio by Martin Sweeney, PROACT co-chief investigator and prostate cancer patient and Dr. Clare Kilty, head of research at the Irish Cancer Society.
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You're both very welcome along this morning.
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Martin, I want to come to you first.
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The results of that survey, they're pretty striking and they really show how unprepared many prostate cancer patients and their partners were for the impact of treatment on their sexual function.
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Tell me what you found.
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Yeah, and you didn't just talk to patients, you also talked to their partners too.
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What did they have to say?
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And it's so important to have two people having that conversation, isn't it?
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Now, you mentioned there, Martin, that the research was inspired by your own experience.
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When were you diagnosed with prostate cancer and what sort of treatment did you go through?
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you were told about none of this ahead of deciding as many people would in your circumstances saying, I want, you know, the best treatment out there, even if it's the most intense treatment.
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I want this cancer gone.
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But you didn't know about the impact that that treatment would have on you.
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So at what point in the treatment did you find out the lasting effects that treatment would have on your body and essentially on your relationship too?
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And as you've mentioned there about incontinence and other issues, all aspects of your life.
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Claire Kilty, welcome to the programme as well.
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