title: [Urodynamic evaluation in prostate cancer patients with urinary incontinence].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Update on the urodynamic evaluation in patients with prostate cancer who have incontinence.
  
  
  METHODS
  To review the urodynamic studies in prostate cancer patients who suffer from incontinence, irrespective of the treatment carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The largest amount of information on urodynamic studies in patients with prostate cancer and incontinence was found in those with post-prostatectomy incontinence. There is much more limited work on irradiated patients, and after medical treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The urodynamic study in these patients may help clarify the etiopathogenic mechanisms of incontinence, try to predict risk factors before treatment and help the therapeutic decision making. Further studies are needed, especially in patients undergoing radiotherapy, to further assess the mechanisms involved in lower urinary tract abnormalities that occur in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Sanitas La Moraleja, 28050 Madrid, España. santiago.mendez@telefonica.net
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Méndez Rubio
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salinas Casado
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Virseda Chamorro
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiarelli
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silmi Moyano
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics