title: Risk of local urethral recurrence after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.
abstract: Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion were performed on 349 patients with transitional cell cancer of the bladder. Followup for 4 to 13 years revealed that 91 and 83 per cent of the patients were free of urethral recurrence 5 and 10 years after cystectomy, respectively. Statistical elimination of urethral recurrences did not improve the over-all survival rate significantly. It appears that supplementation of cystectomy with simultaneous urethrectomy may not be justified if the urethra is not involved by the cancer.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012306:Risk; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion