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Radiation and hormonal therapy may lead to penile shortening.

Prostate cancer treatment may shorten penis - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who receive combination treatment with hormone therapy plus radiation for local or locally advanced prostate cancer may experience a significant reduction in penile length, according to a report in the January issue of the Journal of Urology
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It has been long suspected that men may develop penile shortening after surgery, but this is the first report that I am aware of that it can also happen after radiation.

Posted by Domenico Savatta, M.D. on January 11, 2007 9:10 PM | | | |

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