Sexual Function in the Prostate Cancer Patient

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Sexual Dysfunction After Radical Prostatectomy

   • Raanan Tal, John P. Mulhall

   Pages 1-16

3. The Impact of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Post-treatment Sexual Dysfunction on Quality of Life

   • David F. Penson, Christian J. Nelson

   Pages 17-32

4. Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy

   • Joshua Modder, Carol A. Podlasek, Kevin T. McVary

   Pages 33-53

5. Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction Following Radiation Therapy

   • Victoria J. Croog, Michael J. Zelefsky

   Pages 55-67

6. Evolution of Radical Prostatectomy as It Pertains to Nerve-Sparing

   • Ofer Yossepowitch, James A. Eastham

   Pages 69-81

7. Laparoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Sexual Function Outcome

   • Phillipe Paparel, Javier Romero Otero, Bertrand Guillonneau, Karim Touijer

   Pages 83-89

8. Potency-Sparing Radiation: Myth or Reality?

   • P. William McLaughlin, Gregory Merrick

   Pages 91-109

9. Neuromodulatory Drugs for the Radical Prostatectomy Patient

   • Arthur L. Burnett II

   Pages 111-128

10. Nerve Grafting at Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Rationale, Technique, and Results

    • Joseph A. Pettus, Farhang Rabbani

    Pages 129-138

11. Erectile Function Preservation and Rehabilitation

    • Alexander Müller, John P. Mulhall

    Pages 139-162

12. Impact of Androgen Deprivation on Male Sexual Function

    • Ricardo Munarriz, Abdul Traish

    Pages 163-175

13. The Utility of PDE5 Inhibitors After Radical Prostatectomy

    • Andrea Salonia, Alberto Briganti, Andrea Gallina, Francesco Montorsi

    Pages 177-196

14. Injectable Therapies After Prostate Cancer Therapy

    • Andrew McCullough

    Pages 197-207

15. Non-pharmacologic Erectile Dysfunction Treatments After Prostate Cancer Therapy

    • Brian R. Lane, Drogo K. Montague

    Pages 209-231

16. Androgen Supplementation in the Prostate Cancer Patient

    • Abraham Morgentaler

    Pages 233-244

17. Future Therapies Applicable to Post-radical Pelvic Surgery Patients

    • Anthony J. Bella, William O. Brant, Tom F. Lue

    Pages 245-256

18. Back Matter

    Pages 257-263

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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.

• Rehabilitation
• anti-androgen therapy
• erectile dysfunction
• prostate cancer
• prostatectomy
• sexual function
• surgery

From the reviews: “The 16 chapters in this book synthesize the basic science and clinical advances made in the new but rapidly advancing field of sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer patients. … ideally suited for an eclectic range of clinical interests. … The prevalent clinical concern about sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer patients highlights the importance of this topic. This is the first book to address this need and … provide clinicians with the confidence to reassure and treat their patients in a relevant and contemporary manner.” (Irvin H. Hirsch, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2009)

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