High Dose Radiation for Prostate Cancer Won't Raise Sexual Dysfunction

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"Animal studies have already indicated that you may be able to achieve as much or more with a single dose of radiation than with a protracted course," Scardino noted. "So, the big question is, are you going to find more complications as a result of this kind of a shift in dosage? Now, cutting back from seven and a half weeks to five weeks is a slight move in this direction, but they found no difference in sexual side effects, and that's valuable. And I certainly think we'll be seeing a lot more research in this area."

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There's more on radiation therapy for prostate cancer at the American Cancer Society.

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