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A paper just published in European Urology claims that prostate cancer patients treated with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) recover continence and sexual function faster than those treated with non-robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (LRP). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized, Diagnosis, Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment | Tagged: laparoscopic, prostatectomy, outcome, continence, LRP, RALP, erectile function, robot-assisted | 2 Comments »
A couple of recent articles on the Medscape web site deal with aspects of the effectiveness and safety of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and various types of radiation therapy in the first-line treatment of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Diagnosis, Management, Treatment, Risk | Tagged: surgery, radiation, RALP, erectile function, robot-assisted, comparative, effectiveness, trauma | Leave a Comment »
It has long been understood that erectile function after first-line treatment for localized prostate cancer is affected by (a) erectile function before treatment and (b) elapsed time after treatment. However, the available data offering a careful analysis of the chronology of erectile function after first-line treatment of localized prostate cancer has been limited. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment | Tagged: erectile dysfunction, brachytherapy, erectile function, time | Leave a Comment »
A new article on the WebMD web site appears under the heading “Targeted radiation may help men avoid impotence,” but it is the incidence of adverse genitourinary (GU) obstructive symptoms during and after treatment that is of greater interest to The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: radiation, PBRT, erectile function, proton beam, ouctome, adverse effect, genitourinary, obstructive | 5 Comments »
A recent article in the International Journal of Men’s Health argues that we need to be more honest with patients about the impact of “hormone therapy” in the treatment of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment | Tagged: androgen deprivation, castration, ADT, masculinity, erectile function, language, emasculation | 14 Comments »
The prostate cancer research team at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has proposed and tested a new means for categorizing the amount of “damage” to the cavernous nerves as a method of predicting preservation of erectile function after radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment | Tagged: outcome, score, nerve-sparing, erectile function, NSS | 1 Comment »
A new study provides us with evaluated associations between demographic and clinical characteristics, quality of life outcome measures, and the use of aids to erectile function in men with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: erectile function, localized disease | 1 Comment »
Our knowledge about the rate of recovery of erectile function after radical prostatectomy really isn’t very good. Rates of recovery seem to vary greatly based on how erectile function and dysfunction are defined, how data are collected, how much time elapses between surgery and measurement of erectile function, and even the specific population studied. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer | Tagged: erectile function, radical prostatectomy, recovery | Leave a Comment »
This morning’s news reports discuss:
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: erectile function, immunotherapy, interferon, vasectomy | Leave a Comment »
The long-term durability of erectile function after treatment for prostate cancer is dependent on a wide range of factors, including age, type of therapy, other medical conditions, etc. A recent study has assessed long-term changes in erectile function following prostate brachytherapy. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, erectile function, long-term | Leave a Comment »
We have separately addressed data from a 15-year follow-up of a population-based Swedish screening study. Other reports today deal with:
Filed under: Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: anti-androgen, brachytherapy, diet, erectile function, maximal androgen deprivation, monotherapy, potency, prediction, risk, supplement, surgery, zinc | Leave a Comment »
Today’s news covers:
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Prevention, Treatment | Tagged: contracture, erectile function, fascia, incontinence, interleukin-6, PIN, preservation, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, sphincter, stent, toremifene | 1 Comment »
There are few published reports on changes in continence and erectile function beyond 2 years after radical prostatectomy. A newly published, prospective study has reported on continence and erectile function between 2 and 4 years after radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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