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Radiation Beam Therapy: Treating Prostate Cancer and Minimizing ED
When using radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer, the goal is to focus the radiation "beam" only on the prostate and to avoid the surrounding structures, and thus minimize the likelihood of erectile dysfunction. The bladder, rectum and nerves responsible for erection all lay next to the prostate along with the muscle that is responsible for the conscious control of our urine (that is, the muscle that prevents us from leaking urine after the prostate is treated). The side effects that co...
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Expert & Community Posts
Clinical Trials
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...there are clinical trials trying to get new or better treatments for prostate cancer, especially... Read more »
A New Detection Method for Prostate Cancer
By Christopher Lukas , Health ExpertAs everyone reading my blog—and this website—knows, the PSA test has not been the best... Read more »
Fiducial Marker Seeds for Prostate Cancer: What They Do and Why They're Used
By Marc Greenstein , Health ExpertDear Dr. Greenstein, I was diagnosed with localized prostate cancer and I have chosen to have... Read more »
Have the Rules for PSA Testing Changed?
By Jay Motola , Health ExpertA series of studies were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine that question... Read more »
Erectile Dysfunction and Prostate Cancer Treatment Breakthroughs
By healthgal , Health ExpertOne out of six men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime - that... Read more »
Health Guide
Prostate Cancer: Other Treatments
Other TreatmentsAndrogen Suppression GuidelinesMale hormones (called androgens), particularly testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, determine male secondary sex characteristics and stimulate prostate... Read more »Physical Causes of Erectile Dysfunction: Impotence Causes
...erectile dysfunction in these patients.Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS), which affects the central nervous system, also precipitates sexual dysfunction in as many as 78% of male... Read more »Infertility in Men: Causes
CausesIn a 2001 study, the causes of infertility in men seeking to conceive included:Vasectomy. In the study, 56% of men were seeking a reversal of this procedure. Thirty years ago, this was a factor... Read more »Erectile Dysfunction Medications: Impotence Medications
...results in clinical trials.Melanocortin receptor agonists. Melanocortin receptor agonists work on the central nervous system instead of the vascular system. Bremelanotide (formerly PT-141) is the... Read more »Prostate Cancer Surgery
SurgeryRadical ProstatectomyRadical prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the entire prostate gland along with the seminal vesicles (the vessels that carry semen) and surrounding tissue. The... Read more »Images
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