The ability and willingness of physicians to discuss issues related to sex, sexual function, and specific sexual activities with their patients (and their partners) before or after prostate cancer treatment is notoriously not seen to be high by most prostate cancer patients (although there are exceptions to that general rule). … READ MORE …
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The Surgical Prostatectomy versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial or SPIRIT was a Phase III, partially randomized clinical trial, conducted in the U.S.A. and Canada, and designed to compare radical prostatectomy (RP) and brachytherapy (BT) as first-line treatments for men with localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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It has long been recognized that the combination of prostate cancer and diabetes tends to have a notable impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of male patients. … READ MORE …
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Data to be published in the May 2010 issue of the Journal of Urology are going to make a lot of urologists rather less than happy about the implications for the use of radical prostatectomy as first-line treatment for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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