Abstract:Cancer-related diagnosis and treatments can profoundly affect every aspect of an individual’s life. The negative impact on the sexual sphere can manifest with onset or worsening of the most frequent male form of sexual dysfunction, i.e. the erectile dysfunction (ED), with an estimated incidence ranging from 40% to 100% in patients living with cancer. Cancer and ED are strictly related for many reasons. First, the psychological distress, the so-called “Damocles syndrome”, afflicting cancer patients contributes … Show more
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