Prostate Cancer

Study explores treatment for urinary incontinence

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 9th, 2004

A College of Nursing faculty member at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has been awarded a 3-year $327,000 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the U.S. National Institutes of Health to study pelvic floor muscle exercise for men with urinary incontinence after prostate cancer surgery.

The study will focus on determining the best method to teach men to use their pelvic floor muscles to control their bladder, according to Joanne Patterson Robinson, assistant professor at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, who will conduct the study.

"While incontinence is not life-threatening, it is a life-altering problem. Typically,...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-11-09)

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