Professor Sue Wilson of the Cancer and Chronic Disease Team at the University of Birmingham and colleagues interviewed 28 men who had been treated for colorectal cancer with surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and stoma.
All but four of the participants experienced erective dysfunction as a consequence of the treatment, but were unprepared for this side effect because they were not informed about the possibility.
More than half of the patients reporting erectile dysfunction never sought help for the condition, and nine others sought no further help after unsuccessful treatment.
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