ORIGINAL RESEARCH-ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: Importance of Baseline Potency Rate Assessment of Men Diagnosed with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Prior to Radical Prostatectomy

It is important to note that one in two men diagnosed with a clinically localized PCa experiences some degree of baseline ED of which 23.4% are moderate to severe prior to local therapy. Age, BMI, NIDDM, and presence of depression represent important independent risk factors of baseline ED. Salomon G, Isbarn H, Budaeus L, Schlomm T, Briganti A, Steuber T, Heinzer H, Haese A, Graefen M, Karakiewicz PI, Huland H, and Chun F. Importance of baseline potency rate assessment of men diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer prior to radical prostatectomy. J Sex Med 2009;6:498-504.