Primary male urethral cancer: management and prognosis
Zhu, X.-F.; Zhang, K.; Jin, J.; Huang, B.-W.; Li, S.; Lin, J.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 18(7): 615-618
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1009-3591 PMID: 22994047 Document Number: 657037
To further investigate the management and prognosis of primary urethral cancer in male. We treated 3 cases of primary urethral cancer from 2001 to 2011 and followed them up for recurrence and survival. The 3 male patients all received adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, and 2 of them were treated by distal urethrectomy, while the other underwent no surgery. Follow-up visits revealed 2 cases of metastasis and 1 case of death. Primary cancer of the male urethra is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis, for which radical resection is the main treatment method. Those in the relatively advanced stage can be treated by a combined method of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.