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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 16;367(7):595–605. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1201637

Table 2.

Frequencies of incontinence and erectile dysfunction in prostate cancer patients at two ERSPC centers at different time points

Treatment Pre-
operatively		 6 months 12 months 18 months 52 months
Incontinence
Regular daytime use of
pads (Gothenburg25)		 Radical Prostatectomy
n = 294		 1% 16%
Every day urinary leakage
and use of 3 or more pads
per day (Rotterdam9)		 Radical Prostatectomy
n = 127		 2% 16% 7% 6%
Radiation Therapy
n = 187		 1% 1% 1% 3%
Erectile dysfunction*
No sexual activity or
impotent (Gothenburg25)		 Radical Prostatectomy
n = 294		 32% 83%
Sexually active and
erectile dysfunction or
sexually inactive because
of erectile dysfunction
(Rotterdam9)		 Radical Prostatectomy
n = 127		 31% 88% 88% 88%
Radiation Therapy
n = 187		 40% 42% 43% 66%
*

The post-operative scores for erectile dysfunction represent men having normal pre-operative erectile function.