complaints after prostate surgery

Complaints were more common in men treated with radical prostatectomy (surgical removal of the prostate) or male hormone-blocking drugs combined with radiation therapy, according to the study by researchers from Dana-farber/Brigham and women cancer center. No men reported a perceived shorthing of their penisfollow radiation therapy alone.

Twenty-five men (2.63 percent of the group) complained of smaller penises after treatment,
3.73 percent for surgery, 2.67 percent for radiotherapy plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), and 0 percent for radiotherapy alone.

This study says that when penile shortening does occur, it really does affect patients and their quality of life. The study subjects were men enrolled in a registry called COMPARE that collect data on patients whose prostate cancer shows sign of recurring after initial treatment. just over half -- 54 percent -- had undergone surgery to remove their cancerous prostate, while 24 percent received radiation therapy combined with hormone blocking treatment, and 22 percent had radiation therapy alone.