Novel Treatment Setup for Urethral Cancer: Use of the Prone Technique for Radiotherapy of the Penis

Urethral cancer (UC) is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. Since local recurrence is common and associated with morbidity, case series have reported on the use of adjuvant radiotherapy. Radiotherapy treatment setup for malignancies of the penis can be challenging because of variability in anat...

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Published inCase reports in oncology Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 268 - 275
Main Authors Naser-Tavakolian, Aurash, Tran, Cindy, Timoteo, Marissa, Chiu, Raymond, Ballas, Leslie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.05.2018
Karger Publishers
Subjects
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Calcification
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Drug dosages
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Patients
Prone technique
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy
Urethral cancer
Urology
United States > US
Radiotherapy
Urethral cancer
Prone technique
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Summary:Urethral cancer (UC) is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. Since local recurrence is common and associated with morbidity, case series have reported on the use of adjuvant radiotherapy. Radiotherapy treatment setup for malignancies of the penis can be challenging because of variability in anatomic positioning. This variability can lead to lack of reproducibility. We propose a novel external beam radiotherapy technique for the treatment of UC: prone positioning. This technique has been used to treat breast cancers successfully and can be used to treat any variety of penile malignancies. We present 2 patients who were treated using this positioning.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000488935