A newly published paper in BJU International has helped to make clear that many surgical patients have unrealistic expectations about their recovery of erectile and sexual function after radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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A refreshingly honest article published this year in Translational Andrology and Urology, and reprinted in full on the Medscape web site, offers a somewhat depressing assessment of the state of the art of prevention of erectile dysfunction and/or rehabilitation of erectile function in men undergoing radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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Slowly but surely we are seeing increasing recognition in the clinical community of the need to ensure that prostate cancer patients and their spouses/partners really understand the likely consequences of treatment. … READ MORE …
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As many readers will be aware, the word “cure” has to be used with caution in talking about any form of cancer — prostate cancer included. While “curative” therapy can be offered to a high proportion of men diagnosed with this condition, achieving a true “cure” is a less predictable opportunity, especially for men diagnosed with intermediate- and high-risk disease. … READ MORE …
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There may be a very small number of regular readers of this column that would consider it perfectly OK to spend $200,000 to have exclusive personal use of a high performance car like a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale for a single year. Good luck to them; they clearly have the annual income to afford it. For most of us, it ain’t gonna happen, and we know it. … READ MORE …
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It is well understood that there can be big differences between what we are told and what we later say and think that we heard. It is also the case that what we are told may commonly reflect the beliefs of the person doing the telling (as opposed to actual, factual information). … READ MORE …
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Two articles and an associated editorial, currently in press in the Journal of Urology, offer insight into the pre-treatment expectations and the post-treatment realities of men who decide to have surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Over the past 20 years, the role of “screening” as a mechanism for early diagnosis of several types of cancer (and other diseases) has become a high-profile and emotional issue in which the value of accurate data has often been swamped by media hype and the claims of specific interest groups. This is true for prostate cancer and other forms of cancer too. … READ MORE …
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A recent article in Cancer Nursing has reminded us (once again) just how poorly we deal with the concept of survivorship planning for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A newly published study appearing in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine appears to demonstrate that patients newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer grossly underestimate their life expectancy without treatment and grossly overestimate the survival benefit of treatment. … READ MORE …
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