It sure can. The cancer and or the surgery to remove the cancer can interfer with the nerves in the penis.|||It doesn%26#039;t have to have an effect on the actual activity part of it, but it generally does have an effect on sensation and/or drive.|||The answer to this question is yes. If there is prostate cancer, the treatment it to either remove prostate or use radiation to shrink/kill the cancer. Either case, destroys the prostate and the ability to acheive an errection. Sexual activity is still possible, however an errection is not. I hope this helps.|||The answer to this question is yes.

If there is prostate cancer, the treatment it to either remove prostate or use radiation to shrink/kill the cancer.

Either case, destroys the prostate and the ability to acheive an errection. Sexual activity is still possible, however an errection is not.|||It can effect future erections, but if done correctly an erection can be achieve after treatment, surgery or radiation, but this is not guaranteed. The sensation is affected and the quality of sex is diminished.|||If it is treated with Proton Radiation, it does not affect ones sexual abilities. If you would like to know more about Proton Radiation, go to a website called Proton Bob.. It tells all about Proton Radiation. Be sure and read the testimonial section of former patients.. Proton Radiation has little or no side affects, and approximately a 90% cure rate which is at least as good if not better than other treatments available. today. I had Prostate Cancer and had Proton Radiation several years ago. I was treated at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California.. was not sick at all, all my male %26quot;plumbing%26quot; still works… and had absolutely no side affects during or after treatments.. There is also a new book available that any one with prostate cancer should read. It is YOU CAN BEAT PROSTATE CANCER. It was written by Robert J. Marckini a prostate cancer survivor..he out lines all treatments available and the pros and cons of each. It is a great book.Be sure and read the Proton Bob website.. Bob stands for Brotherhood of the Balloon.. If you would like to know more, please feel free to email me.. or I will be glad to visit with you via phone.. if some close to you has prostate cancer… would be glad to share what I have learned. Proton Radiation is very different from conventional radiation.. It is great and I believe it is the best treatment available for prostate cancer today. alot of doctors will not recommend Proton Radiation.. they either dont know about it or think it is still expermental or have a vested interest in not sending their patients elsewhere for treatments …you know $$$… Loma Linda University Medical Center pioneered Proton Radiation in this country 17 years ago and have been so successful with it that 4-5 hospitals in the US have just built facilities to do it.. MD Anderson in Houston, Mass General (Harvard), a hospital in Indiana, and one in Florida,,, plus several are being built now.. funny thing about doctors not recommending it.. there where sure lots of Doctors being treated for prostate cancer with Proton Radiation when I was in Loma Linda receiving my treatments… Just be sure and read the Proton Bob website… patient testimonials and you will see what I am talking about. When considering all treatments available.. deciding on Proton Radiation is a no brainer.. You are not sick, no side affects, and the cure rate is as good or better than the others.. Problem is lots of people including Doctors and nurses are not familiar with it..|||Your question begs for more questions. Prostate cancer can affect sexual activity but so can many other disorders and diseases. Has prostate cancer been diagnosed? What stage is the prostate cancer? What treatment options are being sought? The treatments, depending on many things, will have an affect. What affects, the extent of the affects, and the duration of the affects are all variable.

One friend who does not belong to our support group had no difficulty after a radical prostatectomy, another who is in our support group has had every affect imaginable, while I am dealing with a very very slow process of recuperation in that department.