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

• Published in: Case 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...