Comparison of sexual function after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and carbon-ion radiotherapy for Japanese prostate cancer patients using propensity score matching.

Journal: BMC cancer
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The quality of life of patients is an important consideration when selecting treatments for localized prostate cancer (PCa). We retrospectively compared sexual function after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) using propensity score matching.

Authors

  • Yoshiyuki Miyazawa
    Department of Urology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine & Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, 3718511, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. miya.yoshi@gunma-u.ac.jp.
  • Hidekazu Koike
    Department of Urology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine & Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, 3718511, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
  • Daisuke Oka
    Hidaka Hospital, Takasaki, Japan.
  • Hidemasa Kawamura
    Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center, Gunma, Japan.
  • Nobuteru Kubo
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
  • Yuhei Miyasaka
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
  • Masahiro Onishi
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
  • Takahiro Syuto
    Syuto Clinic, Maebashi, Japan.
  • Yoshitaka Sekine
    Department of Urology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine & Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, 3718511, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
  • Hiroshi Matsui
    Department of Urology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine & Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, 3718511, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
  • Tatsuya Ohno
    Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center, Gunma, Japan.
  • Kazuhiro Suzuki
    Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8431, Japan. Electronic address: ka-suzz@juntendo.ac.jp.