Surgical treatment of female urethral carcinoma.
Urethral cancer is the only genitourinary neoplasm with a predilection for women, the ratio being 4:1. The histologic type depends on the cells of origin. Squamous-cell carcinoma predominates, with adenocarcinoma and transitional-cell carcinoma being less common and undifferentiated carcinoma, malignant melanoma, mixed tumors, clear-cell carcinoma, and cloacogenic carcinoma accounting for the remaining lesions. The authors describe the various options for the management of low-stage and high-stage cancers and of cancers arising in urethral diverticula.
Narayan
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Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco Medical School.
Konety
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*