Transitional cloacogenic carcinoma of the female urethra treated with external irradiation and afterloading with cobalt-60.
A case of transitional cloacogenic carcinoma of the urethra in a 70-year-old woman is reported. Due to incomplete removal of the tumor and reluctancy to undergo extensive surgery, the patient also received external radiation and afterloading with cobalt-60. The patient is alive with no evidence of disease 7 years after the diagnosis, which may suggest that postoperative radiation as outlined should be considered in elderly women with urethral carcinoma.
Henriksson
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Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden.
Friberg
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Pettersson
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Johansson
S L
SL
D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes