Sexual Function in the Prostate Cancer Patient

by Mulhall, John P.

• ISBN13: 9781603275545
• ISBN10: 1603275541
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-22
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

Sexual dysfunction presents a major challenge to physicians who take on the task of treating men with prostate cancer. While curing the disease and saving a life is paramount, improving technologies and therapies offer skilled surgeons and clinical oncologists the opportunity to eradicate the disease without compromising sexual function. In Sexual Function of the Prostate Cancer Patient, John Mulhall and a panel of internationally recognized experts on prostate cancer and sexual function assess in detail the current state of prostate cancer treatment. The authors offer a broad overview of the pathophysiology and treatment of erectile dysfunction in men with prostate cancer, reviewing the latest findings regarding erection-sparing radiation therapy and sexual function outcomes after laparascopic and robotic prostatectomy. Additional chapters discuss intra-operative maneuvers to minimize post-operative erectile dysfunction and pharmacologic penile preservation and rehabilitation. Timely and authoritative, Sexual Function in the Prostate Cancer Patient is a highly readable guide to preserving post-prostate cancer sexual function that no urologist or radiation and medical oncologist should be without.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. xiii
Color Plates	p. xix
Sexual Dysfunction After Radical Prostatetomy	p. 1
The Impact of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Post-treatment Sexual Dysfunction on Quality of Life	p. 17
Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy	p. 33
Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction Following Radiation Therapy	p. 55
Evolution of Radical Prostatectomy as It Pertains to Nerve-Sparing	p. 69
Laparoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Sexual Function Outcome	p. 83
Potency-Sparing Radiation: Myth or Reality?	p. 91
Neuromodulatory Drugs for the Radical Prostatectomy Patient	p. 111
Nerve Grafting at Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Rational, Technique, and Results	p. 129
Erectile Function Preservation and Rehabilitation	p. 139
Impact of Androgen Deprivation on Male Sexual Function	p. 163
The Utility of PDES Inhibitiors After Radical Prostatectomy	p. 177
Injectable Therapies After Prostate Cancer Therapy	p. 197
Non-pharmacologic Erectile Dysfunction Treatments After Prostate Cancer Therapy	p. 209
Androgen Supplementation in the Prostate Cancer Patient	p. 233
Future Therapies Applicable to Post-radical Pelvic Surgery Patients	p. 245
Index	p. 257
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