I will now discuss why in some patients with prostate cancer, the nerves can readily be spared during the removal of the prostate and in others they need to be removed. When the patient is first diagnosed with cancer of the prostate, obviously, all options of treatment are presented to the patient. I then need to get an accurate assessment of the patient's baseline erectile dysfunction. I will often tell them that no treatment for prostate cancer will "improve" their erectile function. ...
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