Pelvic-Floor Properties in Women Reporting Urinary Incontinence After Surgery and Radiotherapy for Endometrial Cancer

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).The aim of this exploratory study was to compare the PFM functional properties of women reporting UI after hysterectomy and...