Genitourinary Distress: Common Side Effect
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ellen Carr; Suzanne M. Mahon
- Source
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing. 25(6)
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Side effect
Genitourinary system
business.industry
Cancer
Pain
Prostatic Neoplasms
medicine.disease
Frequent urination
Distress
Prostate cancer
Internal medicine
Accidental
Urine leakage
medicine
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Humans
medicine.symptom
business
General Environmental Science
- Language
- ISSN
- 1538-067X
For genitourinary distress, standards of care are based on established evidence-based practice.nbsp;Genitourinary distress is accidental urine leakage that can dampen underwear or saturate clothes. It is a sense of urgency, frequent urination, and/or pain or discomfort when urinating.nbsp;Genitourinary distress is found in 35%-75% of patients with prostate cancer.