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Large survey: forty percent of gyn. Ca patients have incontinence; May be caused by pelvic surgery and radiation treatment modalities.(News)
SAN DIEGO -- About 40% of women with gynecologic malignancies experience urinary incontinence, results of a large survey suggested.
The finding supports results from a previous survey of women with cervical cancer (Gynecol. Oncol. 81[2]:270-72, 2001), but the current study is thought to be the first to identify the prevalence of urinary incontinence in a general gynecologic oncology population.
"Gynecologic oncology patients may be at higher risk for urinary incontinence than the general population because they routinely undergo pelvic surgery and radiation treatment modalities, which are thought to incite the urinary incontinence," Dr. Sylvia Botros said in a poster session at the joint annual meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
"Women with gynecologic cancer may have significant problems with urinary incontinence but may not be reporting their symptoms," she said.
Dr. Botros and her associates administered anonymous surveys and the short forms of the Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6) and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ-7) to women registered to be seen at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's gynecologic oncology clinic in Houston during a 1-month period. The ...
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