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Urethral Carcinoma of the Female Urethra: Surgical Management

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Carcinoma of the Kidney and Testis, and Rare Urologic Malignancies

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Abstract

Urethral cancer accounts for less than 1% of all cancers occurring in women, but represents the only genitourinary cancer that is more common in the female population, with a female to male ratio of 4:1 (Joyner and McDougal 1997). It is more prevalent in Caucasians (88%) than in African Americans (12%), except when associated with a urethral diverticulum (Narayan and Konety 1992). Urethral cancer is primarily a disease that occurs in the sixth and seventh decades of life; however, extreme age ranges have been reported in the literature, from 25 to 90 years (Narayan and Konety 1992; Mayer et al. 1987).

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  1. Department of Urology, USC School of Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Ave, Suite 7414, MS-74, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    C. E. Salem MD (Urologic Oncology Fellow) & E. C. Skinner MD (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, 90033-004, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Zbigniew Petrovich MD, FACR (Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology Chairman) (Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology Chairman)

  2. Department of Urology, Catholic University of Leuven, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, 49, Herestraat, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Luc Baert MD, PhD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor) (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor)

  4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences Allegheny University Hospitals, Hahnemann Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-1192, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor) (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor)

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Salem, C.E., Skinner, E.C. (1999). Urethral Carcinoma of the Female Urethra: Surgical Management. In: Petrovich, Z., Baert, L., Brady, L.W. (eds) Carcinoma of the Kidney and Testis, and Rare Urologic Malignancies. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59839-5_30

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