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therefore, it affects not only his quality of life but also that of functional scores remain in the dysfunctional range, and of the same age and that the trend over time is toward EU RO P E AN URO LOG Y 6 8 ( 2 0 1 5) 5 5 0 – 5 5 1 avai lable at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.europeanurology.comaddressed because known psychological barriers, such ashis partner. Furthermore, most PCa survivors ’ partners are postmenopausalwomenwhose sexual functionalso requires assistance. The challenge is to helpmen and partners restore sexual health in the context of significant functional loss. For men and partners to recover sexual health in survivorship, all components of sexuality and sexual health must be greater dysfunction. Yet we also know that some couples are able to regain sexual health after PCa treatment despite the man’s erectile dysfunction and the female partner’s altered postmeno-pausal sexuality. Pilot research has shown that couples are able to do so if they can grieve and accept these biological functional losses; communicate well about their sexualsexual health as having biological, psychological, and social components [5]. After PCa treatment, all aspects of sexual health are affected, including the man’s erectile function, self-image, mental health, and relationshipwith his partner; the success of the interventions is not sustained over time. This is not surprising, given that we know that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in prostate survivors is approximately twice that of the general population of mento have an erection. The World Health Organization definesPlatinum Opinio