Micturition symptoms in gynecologic cancer patients receiving paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy regimen: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy (PT) on micturition symptoms.

Methods

All gynecologic cancer patients who were assigned to receive the PT regimen and understood the Thai language were invited to participate in this study. The exclusion criteria were as follows: abnormal urinary symptoms, retained urinary catheter or percutaneous nephrostomy, anticholinergic drug use, or scheduled to receive radiation therapy after the completion of chemotherapy. The participants were interviewed using three Thai validated questionnaires, the incontinence impact questionnaire-short form, urogenital distress inventory short form, and Sandvik score, on the day before receiving the first cycle of chemotherapy (pre-treatment), on the day before recei

SUBMITTER: Wudtisan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9849728 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature