July 21, 2007

Urinary symptom flare after brachytherapy for prostate cancer is associated with erectile dysfunction and more urinary symptoms before implantation

BJU InternationalLehrer, Steven, et al. - Conclusions: Radiation reaction and radiation sensitivity contribute to ED and greater LUTS in men who have had brachytherapy for prostate cancer. This contribution is evident, e.g. in men with ataxia-telangiectasia (ATM) gene mutations. Sequence variants in the ATM gene, particularly those that encode for an amino-acid substitution, are associated with adverse radiotherapy responses among patients treated with 125I prostate brachytherapy

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