Effectiveness of sildenafil in erectile sexual dysfunction in patients with prostate cancer

Authors

  • Vilma Ávila Naún Teaching General Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto", Guantánamo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8220-2727
  • Jennifer Martínez Figueredo Teaching General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo
  • Rodolfo Martínez Chávez Teaching General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo
  • Terianne Pérez Viñals Teaching General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-7593

Keywords:

prostate cancer, erectile sexual dysfunction, sildenafil

Abstract

Introduction: the prostate cancer is the first cause of death for cancer in the Cuban men and it affects the sexual quality of life.

Objective: to characterize the results of the use of the sildenafil for the management of the erectile sexual dysfunction in patient with prostate cancer tried with hormones or radiotherapy.

Method: was an observational, ambispective and traverse study, in the Service of Urology of the Hospital Dr. Agostinho Neto of Guantánamo during the period 2014-2018 that it was approved by the committee of medical ethics. The study universe conformed to for 70 patients with diagnostic of prostate cancer, treaties with hormones and/or radiotherapy, and that they presented erectile dysfunction. In each patient was studied the age, treatment that was applied for the cancer, time of appearance of the dysfunction after this, and the answer of the erectile function of the penis to the sildenafil use.

Results: The 37.2% of the patients had between 70 and 79 years of age and 79.1% were talked whith hormones. The biggest proportion presented erectile dysfunction 1 to 2 years after the treatment (48.8%). The 81.4% responded appropriately to the treatment with sildenafil, what was independent of the treatment of the cancer with hormones or radiotherapy.

Conclusion: The patients with prostate cancer tried with hormones and/or radiotherapy benefitted with the use of the sildenafil.

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Author Biographies

Vilma Ávila Naún, Teaching General Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto", Guantánamo

1st Degree Specialist of Urology. Master in Medical Emergencies.  Assistant teacher.

Jennifer Martínez Figueredo, Teaching General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo

1st Degree Specilist of Urology.

Rodolfo Martínez Chávez, Teaching General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo

1st Degree Specilist of Urology. Instructor Professor.

Terianne Pérez Viñals, Teaching General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo

Licentiate in Psychology.

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2019-03-19

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Ávila Naún V, Martínez Figueredo J, Martínez Chávez R, Pérez Viñals T. Effectiveness of sildenafil in erectile sexual dysfunction in patients with prostate cancer. Rev Inf Cient [Internet]. 2019 Mar. 19 [cited 2025 Apr. 24];98(1):44-52. Available from: https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/2251

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