News
2 Mar, 2006
Cialis aids prostate cancer sex function
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Dutch scientists say they
have found a drug usually prescribed for erectile dysfunction in men
increases the sexual function of prostate cancer survivors.<
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. But after
treatment, some patients report trouble achieving an erection
sufficient for sexual activity -- a medical condition called erectile
dysfunction or ED. In the Dutch study, physicians wanted to test
whether the drug Tadalafil, which sells under the brand name Cialis,
would help prostate cancer survivors with ED who were treated with
three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy.
In what is believed the first randomized trial of its type, successful
intercourse was reported in 48 percent of the survivors who took
Tadalafil versus 9 percent of the men who were given placebo. There was
also a reported improvement of the quality of erections in 67 percent
of the patients, versus 20 percent of the placebo group.
The research conducted at the Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center
in Rotterdam is detailed in the International Journal of Radiation
Oncology Biology Physics.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php
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