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Prostate cancer treatment side effects

The impact of prostate cancer treatments, such as surgery and radiotherapy, on sexual function and overall health.

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Jan 14, 2026
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How does prostate stimulation during pegging affect ejaculatory function and long-term prostate health?

Prostate stimulation during pegging can produce intense orgasms and change the subjective experience and mechanics of ejaculation — including non‑ejaculatory “prostate orgasms,” combined (dual) orgasm...

Jan 11, 2026
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Does Gleason score or surgical margin status change the decision to use salvage radiation?

Gleason score and positive surgical margin (PSM) status are both important prognostic signals after radical prostatectomy and they influence the clinical calculus about salvage radiotherapy (SRT): PSM...

Jan 12, 2026
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How sensitive are modern ultrasensitive PSA assays and how do they affect the undetectable threshold?

Modern "ultrasensitive" PSA assays push analytic detection down into the picogram-per-milliliter range—commonly reported as limits between roughly 0.001 and 0.003 ng/mL (1–3 pg/µL) and historically as...

Jan 14, 2026

How do surgeons and urologists standardize penis-length measurement before and after procedures (e.g., phalloplasty or weight-loss)?

Surgeons and urologists converge on a small set of reproducible techniques—most commonly bone‑pressed erect length (BPEL) and stretched penile length (SPL)—measured with a rigid ruler pressed to the p...

Jan 12, 2026

What evidence supports early salvage radiotherapy versus adjuvant radiotherapy for pN1 prostate cancer?

Randomized trials and a high-profile prospective meta-analysis comparing adjuvant radiotherapy (aRT) versus early salvage radiotherapy (eSRT) after prostatectomy showed no clear event‑free survival ad...

Jan 9, 2026

What patient factors (age, baseline function, extent of nerve sparing) predict successful return of spontaneous erections with early VED protocols?

Early vacuum erection device (VED) use after radical prostatectomy (RP) is associated with improved erectile function scores and preservation of penile length in multiple series, but the likelihood of...

Jan 7, 2026

Are there health risks to prostate stimulation immediately after a bowel movement?

Prostate stimulation immediately after a bowel movement is not inherently dangerous for most people, and many clinicians and guides actually recommend emptying the bowels before anal or prostate play ...