Contemporary Management of Primary Distal Urethral Cancer

Primary urethral cancer is one of the rare urologic tumors. Distal urethral tumors are usually less advanced at diagnosis compared with proximal tumors and have a good prognosis if treated appropriately. Low-stage distal tumors can be managed successfully with a surgical approach in men or radiation...

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Published inUrologic clinics of North America Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 493 - 503
Main Authors Traboulsi, Samer L., MD, Witjes, Johannes Alfred, MD, PhD, Kassouf, Wassim, MD, CM, FRCS(C)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2016
Subjects
Combined Modality Therapy
Diagnostic Techniques, Urological - trends
Disease Management
Female
Humans
Male
Therapeutics
Therapy
Treatment Outcome
Urethra
Urethral neoplasms
Urethral Neoplasms - diagnosis
Urethral Neoplasms - therapy
Urology
Therapy
Urethra
Urethral neoplasms
Therapeutics
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Summary:Primary urethral cancer is one of the rare urologic tumors. Distal urethral tumors are usually less advanced at diagnosis compared with proximal tumors and have a good prognosis if treated appropriately. Low-stage distal tumors can be managed successfully with a surgical approach in men or radiation therapy in women. There are no clear-cut indications for the choice of the most appropriate treatment modality. Organ-preserving modalities have shown effective and should be used whenever they do not compromise the oncological safety to decrease the physical and psychological trauma of dismemberment or loss of sexual/urinary function.
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ISSN:0094-0143
1558-318X
DOI:10.1016/j.ucl.2016.06.010