Certainly, some of the current treatments for prostate cancer can affect the sex life, but if the cancer is detected early and patients are treated by an experienced surgeon using nerve-sparing techniques, then for the vast majority, their sex lives will return after surgery – usually beginning within three to six months and then having continued improvement for two to three years. Other treatments such as radiation therapy and hormonal therapy can have a negative impact on sex life, but they do not uniformly destroy sex life. Also, sexual function can be restored in a lot of different ways now with medications, vacuum erection devices and certain types of injections. The potential is there for a negative impact on sex life, but many men are successfully treated for prostate cancer and have satisfactory sex lives afterwards.