Prostate Cancer

Sexual disorders after radical prostatectomy involve the couple

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, June 14th, 2004

Researchers believe in improving the patients and partners quality of sexual relationship beyond treating the malfunctioning organ.

According to a study from Germany, "Between 20% and 25% of the patients seeing a doctor have sexual problems. These have various causes: somatopsychological, psychosomatic, social-somatic, and psychological factors can play an important role."

"For an effective therapy, a biopsychosocial understanding of the development of these diseases is necessary. Tumor patients belong to a special group who frequently develop sexual problems. There are many patients with prostate cancer who, after a radical prostatectomy, suffer...

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