Sexual And Urinary Function Concerns After Prostate Treatment

Home Page
The latest articles, features and news.



All About...

Adolescence
AIDS/HIV
Andropause
Circumcision
Dating
Dicks & History
Erectile Issues
Fertility
Fertility & Age
Improving Fertility
Gender
Male Peculiarities
Men's Health
Penis Problems
Penis Size
Prostate Health
Prostate Cancer
Relationships
STDs


Sponsored Links



Discussion Forums





Pecker Provisions


Condoms, lubes, pumps, stretchers, exercises, supplements, sports underwear and more.


Firefly Talks Dicks


Words of feminine wisdom about men's problems.



Share/Bookmark


27 September 2004
Sexual And Urinary Function Concerns After Prostate Treatment
by George Atkinson

Prostate cancer treatment can lead to significant five-year declines in sexual and urinary function, according to a new study by Richard M. Hoffman appearing in Cancer. Other health-related quality of life factors, such as bowel function, did not appear to be affected. These findings come from the first prospective comparative study examining differences between normal aging and the effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Usually a very slow progressing cancer, early prostate cancer is treated aggressively with radiation or radical prostatectomy. However, only one study, on surgical removal of the prostate, has proven therapeutic benefit of treatment compared with observation. Meanwhile, treatments themselves are often associated with significant adverse effects, such as erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. To date, studies have been unable to distinguish between the normal effects of aging and the adverse effects of treatment, making any informed decision-making about which treatment to use difficult.

In the new study, Hoffman and his colleagues at the New Mexico Veterans Administration Health Care System compared the effects of cancer treatment versus normal aging in men over a five-year period. They found even healthy subjects reported declines in sexual function over the five years. But the decline among patients treated for prostate cancer over that same time period was much greater, and was accompanied by significant declines in urinary function as well. General and other specific health-related quality of life factors were not affected by cancer.

"Declines in urinary and sexual functional domains after diagnosis and treatment of localized cancer far exceeded any effects from aging, particularly for men undergoing radical prostatectomy," the researchers concluded.



Share/Bookmark Discuss in our forum





Your use of this website indicates your agreement to our terms and conditions of use.
Copyright 2000 - 2010 altPenis.com and its licensors. All rights reserved.