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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for urethral cancer. However, it is not recommended among patients with metastatic urethral cancer.

Surgery

  • Surgery is the mainstay of therapy for urethral cancers in both women and men.
  • The surgical approach depends on tumor stage and anatomic location.
  • Tumor grade plays a less important role in treatment decisions.
  • Although the traditional recommendation has been to achieve a 2-cm tumor-free margin, the optimal surgical margin has not been rigorously studied and is not well defined.[1]
  • The role of lymph node dissection is not clear in the absence of clinical involvement, and the role of prophylactic dissection is controversial.
  • Ablative techniques, such as transurethral resection, electro-resection and fulguration, or laser vaporization-coagulation, are used to preserve organ function in cases of superficial anterior tumors, although the supporting literature is scant.
  • Surgery is the most common treatment for cancer of the urethra. One of the following types of surgery may be done:

References

  1. National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq