External validation of predictive models of sexual, urinary, bowel and hormonal function after surgery in prostate cancer subjects.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateData from the SA-PCCOC database was used for this study. The database has ethics approval from the Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee which extends to this study. Informed consent, in the form of an ethics-approved opt-out recruitment system, was obtained from all individual subjects and/or their legal guardian(s) included in the study. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. The SA-PCCOC database is funded by The Movember Foundation, The Hospital Research Foundation, Mundi Pharma and Genesis Care. Funding is not specific to this project."