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Use of erectile aids in men treatet for localized prostate cancer

A research team at University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, US, has recently evaluated associations between demographic and clinical characteristics, quality of life outcome measures and erectile aids in men treated for localized prostate cancer.

All patients were initially diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer, were not using any form of aid to erectile function at baseline and chose treatment with radical prostatectomy (275), external beam radiotherapy (70), or brachytherapy (80).

The team concluded that after treatment for localized prostate cancer more than half of men use erectile aids, especially when they are significantly bothered by dysfunction. This is most pronounced after radical prostatectomy and in men with significant comorbidity.