Radiotherapy late effects and cancer survivorship, sexual care after radiotherapy, provision of a therapeutic radiographer led sexual care clinic
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Radiotherapy for prostate cancer and sexual health
Sexual dysfunction is very common after treatment of prostate cancer. Radiation therapy together with radical prostatectomy is the most effective treatment for localized disease. Percentages of erectile dysfunction (ED) reported in prospective studies after external-beam radiotherapy (RT) vary from 60-70%, and these are similar after brachytherapy. In randomized trials more realistic percentage...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiography
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1078-8174
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2019.11.015