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A balancing of fears

Every day, people make choices. Often they are trivial: what to eat, what to wear, whether to go see a movie. But occasionally, the choices are really big. The rules for taking these decisions are always the same. You look at your own interests and decide what you think is best for you. Sure there are times the answer comes out the same as if you had considered other people. That's a convenient coincidence that makes you look good. But most people are selfish most of the time.

If you look at the decision on whether men are prepared to come forward and be tested for prostate cancer, we are looking at balancing fears. Everyone who hears the word "cancer" cannot avoid fearing the worst. But, in the case of prostate cancer, it most often affects older men and is slow to develop. Men can live with this form as cancer and, more often than not, will die of some other cause. Then we come to the second fear. There is a high risk of impotence following a prostatectomy. The research shows that a significant proportion of men elect not even to come forward for diagnosis, let alone opt for treatment. They prefer to run the risk of an early death so that they can remain sexually active.

So are the fears of impotence real? Well, no matter how skilled the surgeon and how careful the use of robot-guided surgical tools, it's very difficult to avoid cutting some of the nerves associated with erectile function. The whole point of the operation is to remove all the malignant growth. That means you cut where the growth has spread. However, the most recent research shows that the use of Levitra following a prostatectomy produces a significant improvement in sexual performance. There are two important factors to add. The first is that men attempt to resume sexual activity sooner rather than later. Secondly, that they take Levitra on an as-needed basis. If this news gets better coverage in the popular press, it's entirely possible that more men will at least come forward to be tested for cancer. We should make it clear that, without a biopsy, it's impossible to tell the difference between the benign and the malignant growths that form in the prostate. For men over 50 years, the chances of successful surgery for either variety of growth and a good recovery using Levitra as necessary are now genuinely improved. There is no longer a need to fear diagnosis. What happens if cancer is detected remains the difficult choice but, with Levitra, it may always be worth having surgery.

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