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Daniel R. Dickstein, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He specializes in prostate cancer and sexual health, with particular expertise in caring for gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer. He also treats other genitourinary cancers, such as bladder and kidney cancer, as well as anal cancer.
His commitment to improving care for gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer began when a patient asked how treatment might affect receptive anal intercourse. In prostate cancer care, conversations about sexual health almost always focus on erections and heterosexual intercourse—where a wealth of information already exists. For this question, however, there were no answers.
Determined to change that, Dr. Dickstein set out to build the evidence himself. He was awarded an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Young Investigator Award to study sexual health in gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer and has since published multiple high-impact papers on this topic. These include the first studies showing that prostate cancer treatments affect sexual health differently in gay and bisexual men depending on their preferred sexual behavior (for example, insertive versus receptive anal intercourse), and an article in Nature Reviews Urology that generated the most online attention in the journal’s history and ranks among the top 5% of all research worldwide (as measured by Altmetric).
His work in prostate cancer and sexual health has gained national and international recognition. He has served as a guest editor for a special issue on this topic, delivered invited lectures in Washington, DC, Seattle, and Vienna, and contributes to national prostate cancer guidelines as a member of the American Radium Society’s Genitourinary Appropriate Use Committee. What began as an effort to answer one patient’s question has grown into an evidence-based clinical practice in New York City, where patients—gay, bisexual, and heterosexual alike—can discuss their sexual health concerns openly, safely, and without judgment.
Key Publications
Gay and Bisexual Men with Prostate Cancer
Sexual health outcomes in sexual minority and heterosexual men after prostate radiation therapy
Treatment choice and sexual health outcomes in gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer
Gay and Bisexual Men with Anal Cancer and Receptive Anal Intercourse
Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus
Editorials
Breaking the silence: normalizing receptive anal intercourse for patients, for people and for myself
In the Media:
Nature Outlook - "Let's talk about sex: tailoring prostate-cancer care for LGBT+ people"
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Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai West
About Me
Daniel R. Dickstein, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He specializes in prostate cancer and sexual health, with particular expertise in caring for gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer. He also treats other genitourinary cancers, such as bladder and kidney cancer, as well as anal cancer.
His commitment to improving care for gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer began when a patient asked how treatment might affect receptive anal intercourse. In prostate cancer care, conversations about sexual health almost always focus on erections and heterosexual intercourse—where a wealth of information already exists. For this question, however, there were no answers.
Determined to change that, Dr. Dickstein set out to build the evidence himself. He was awarded an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Young Investigator Award to study sexual health in gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer and has since published multiple high-impact papers on this topic. These include the first studies showing that prostate cancer treatments affect sexual health differently in gay and bisexual men depending on their preferred sexual behavior (for example, insertive versus receptive anal intercourse), and an article in Nature Reviews Urology that generated the most online attention in the journal’s history and ranks among the top 5% of all research worldwide (as measured by Altmetric).
His work in prostate cancer and sexual health has gained national and international recognition. He has served as a guest editor for a special issue on this topic, delivered invited lectures in Washington, DC, Seattle, and Vienna, and contributes to national prostate cancer guidelines as a member of the American Radium Society’s Genitourinary Appropriate Use Committee. What began as an effort to answer one patient’s question has grown into an evidence-based clinical practice in New York City, where patients—gay, bisexual, and heterosexual alike—can discuss their sexual health concerns openly, safely, and without judgment.
Key Publications
Gay and Bisexual Men with Prostate Cancer
Sexual health outcomes in sexual minority and heterosexual men after prostate radiation therapy
Treatment choice and sexual health outcomes in gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer
Gay and Bisexual Men with Anal Cancer and Receptive Anal Intercourse
Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus
Editorials
Breaking the silence: normalizing receptive anal intercourse for patients, for people and for myself
In the Media:
Nature Outlook - "Let's talk about sex: tailoring prostate-cancer care for LGBT+ people"
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai West