Reuters Health
NEW YORK |
Men who are treated for prostate cancer may still suffer side effects from treatment up to a decade later, a new study found.
Up to 10 years after treatment, more than 95
percent of men had some degree of sexual dysfunction, Taylor's team
found. And about half had urinary symptoms.
Past studies have found such lingering side
effects, too. But they have been shorter-term - following men for as far
as five years. And they've left some question as to whether the sexual
and urinary problems could just be a product of aging, rather than
prostate cancer treatment, Taylor explained.
These latest findings, reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, suggest it's not simply the aging process that's to blame.
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