Prostate News Archive
26-Sep-2011
Telling Men the Truth about Sex and Prostate Cancer
For years, men facing prostate cancer surgery have been reassured by their doctors, who could cite studies in prominent medical journals, that their sex lives would be just fine after treatment. The reality, men discover, is somewhat different. Predicting Sex Life After Prostate Cancer
Whether a man is able to achieve adequate erections after treatment for prostate cancer varies greatly depending on a number of individual variables, including his age, the extent of his cancer and the quality of his sex life before treatment. Abiraterone acetate improves fatigue in prostate cancer patients, finds international clinical trial
Men with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and that is resistant to hormone therapy suffer less from fatigue if they are treated with a combination of abiraterone acetate and prednisone, according to a new study. Significant improvements in fatigue are important for this group of difficult-to-treat patients who had few available therapeutic options, and for whom fatigue ... Prostate Biopsy Doubles Risk of Hospitalization for Men in Study
Men who receive prostate cancer biopsies are more than twice as likely to end up in the hospital from complications than those who don?t get the procedure, a report says, highlighting risks with the practice.
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