Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Biofeedback or Standard Therapy in Men Who Have Undergone Radical Prostatectomy or Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Men who have undergone a radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer or men who have undergone a transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hypertrophy * Urinary incontinence at six weeks after prostate surgery * Incontinence is defined as a response on the screening questionnaire indicating a loss of urine including how often and how much PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Able to comply with intervention * Able to complete study questionnaires PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics * No referral for formal therapy (teaching of pelvic floor muscle training) due to prostate surgery * No concurrent or planned radiotherapy during the first 3 months after surgery * No palliative endoscopic resection of prostate due to outflow obstruction for advanced prostate cancer