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Review

Pelvic Floor Disorders in Gynecological Malignancies. An Overlooked Problem?

by
Oana M. Bodean
1,*,
Radu D. Marcu
2,
Dan A. Spinu
2,
Bogdan Socea
3,
Camelia C. Diaconu
4,
Octavian Munteanu
5,
Nicoleta Taus
6 and
Monica Cirstoiu
7
1
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, 169 Splaiul Independentei Street, Bucharest, Romania
2
3rd Department of Urology, Carol Davila Central Military University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
3
Department of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
4
Department of Internal Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
5
Department of Anatomy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
6
Faculty of General Medicine, Transylvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
7
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Mind Med. Sci. 2018, 5(1), 46-52; https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.51.P4652
Submission received: 25 January 2018 / Revised: 25 February 2018 / Accepted: 25 March 2018 / Published: 31 March 2018

Highlights

  • pelvic floor disorders are not consistently reported by patients and are frequently overlooked by many clinicians
  • a comprehensive care in gynecological cancer surviving women should be handled by a multidisciplinary team of specialists in order to improve overall quality of life in these patients

Abstract

Cervical, endometrial, ovarian, vulvar, and vaginal cancers affect women of a broad age spectrum. Many of these women are still sexually active when their cancer is diagnosed. Treatment options for gynecological malignancies, such as gynecological surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, are proven risk factors for pelvic floor dysfunction. The prevalence of urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and sexual dysfunction before cancer treatment is still unclear. Hypotheses have been raised in the literature that these manifestations could represent early symptoms of pelvic cancers, but most remain overlooked even in cancer surviving patients. The primary focus of therapy is always cancer eradication, but as oncological and surgical treatment options become more successful, the number of cancer survivors increases. The quality of life of patients with gynecological cancers often remains an underrated subject. Pelvic floor disorders are not consistently reported by patients and are frequently overlooked by many clinicians. In this brief review we discuss the importance of pelvic floor dysfunction in patients with gynecological malignant tumors.
Keywords: gynecological cancers; pelvic floor disorders; urinary incontinence gynecological cancers; pelvic floor disorders; urinary incontinence

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Bodean, O.M.; Marcu, R.D.; Spinu, D.A.; Socea, B.; Diaconu, C.C.; Munteanu, O.; Taus, N.; Cirstoiu, M. Pelvic Floor Disorders in Gynecological Malignancies. An Overlooked Problem? J. Mind Med. Sci. 2018, 5, 46-52. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.51.P4652

AMA Style

Bodean OM, Marcu RD, Spinu DA, Socea B, Diaconu CC, Munteanu O, Taus N, Cirstoiu M. Pelvic Floor Disorders in Gynecological Malignancies. An Overlooked Problem? Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences. 2018; 5(1):46-52. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.51.P4652

Chicago/Turabian Style

Bodean, Oana M., Radu D. Marcu, Dan A. Spinu, Bogdan Socea, Camelia C. Diaconu, Octavian Munteanu, Nicoleta Taus, and Monica Cirstoiu. 2018. "Pelvic Floor Disorders in Gynecological Malignancies. An Overlooked Problem?" Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences 5, no. 1: 46-52. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.51.P4652

APA Style

Bodean, O. M., Marcu, R. D., Spinu, D. A., Socea, B., Diaconu, C. C., Munteanu, O., Taus, N., & Cirstoiu, M. (2018). Pelvic Floor Disorders in Gynecological Malignancies. An Overlooked Problem? Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 5(1), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.51.P4652

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