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Incontinence of Urine after the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

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This chapter will cover a variety of aspects of the investigation and treatment of a male with urinary incontinence after treatment of prostate cancer. We have taken particular care to include the physiotherapy/physical therapy for incontinence as we believe that conservative therapy has a major part to play. This is not so well appreciated by surgeons and we hope that this helps to provide a greater understanding of the part that allied healthcare professionals have to play in helping our patients.

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    P. Julian R. Shah

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  2. North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK

    Raj Persad

  3. Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    Karen Ventii

  4. Department of Urology, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA

    David Albala

  5. Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

    Declan Cahill

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Shah, P.J.R., Muir, V.L. (2021). Incontinence of Urine after the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. In: Goonewardene, S.S., Persad, R., Ventii, K., Albala, D., Cahill, D. (eds) Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57181-8_20

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