“If I Can't Live as a Man, I'd Rather Not Live at All”: Older Prostate Cancer Patients Discuss Doctors' Attitudes Toward Their Sexuality

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the Western world and frequently requires treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which carries significant side effects, including loss of sexual function. This study explores how older men with prostate cancer perceive physician communication about the sexual and emotional impact of ADT, and whether they feel their values, masculinity, and quality‐of‐life concerns are considered in treatment decisions.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Psycho-Oncology

• Publication date

  2025-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1002/pon.70263PMID 40828579
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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