Open AccessPelvic-Floor Properties in Women Reporting Urinary Incontinence After Surgery and Radiotherapy for Endometrial Cancer
Author(s) -
Stéphanie Bernard,
Hélène Moffet,
Marie Plante,
Marie-Pier Ouellet,
Jean Leblond,
Chantale Dumoulin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzx012
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic floor muscle , urinary incontinence , endometrial cancer , hysterectomy , pelvic floor , gynecology , cancer , physical therapy , obstetrics , urology , surgery
Endometrial cancer is the fourth most prevalent cancer in Canadian women. Radiotherapy (RT) is frequently recommended as an adjuvant treatment. There is a high prevalence (>80%) of urinary incontinence (UI) after RT. It is plausible that UI is associated, at least in part, with alterations of the pelvic-floor muscles (PFM).
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