The Sex Talk Nobody Has With Cancer Patients — Until Now | ft. Claire Rumore

About this episode

This episode discusses the often-ignored topic of intimacy for cancer patients, featuring insights from a survivor and educator.

Send us Fan Mail When cancer enters the picture, intimacy is one of the first casualties — and one of the last things anyone talks about. In this episode of Between the Sheets with Dr. Z, Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP sits down with Claire Rumore — sex educator, intimacy specialist, and stage four pancreatic cancer survivor — for a conversation that oncology appointments rarely make room for. Claire didn't just study this gap academically. She lived it, survived it, and then built an entire bo...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer

Guest: Claire Rumore

Topics covered

• cancer
• intimacy
• sexual health
• survivorship
• education

Keywords

• cancer
• intimacy
• sexual health
• survivor
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Between the Sheets, pancreatic cancer

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