Non-surgical Treatment of Primary Female Urethral Cancer

Overview

Journal Rare Tumors

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Oncology

Date 2010 Dec 9

PMID 21139970

Citations 5

Authors

Bruce Libby

David Chao

Bernard F Schneider

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Abstract

Primary carcinomas of the female urethra are extremely rare, with an annual incidence of less than ten in one million. Currently, there is no consensus regarding management of this malignancy. However, there have been several case reports demonstrating the efficacy of chemoradiation in the treatment of female urethral cancer. In this report we present two cases of female primary urethral adenocarcinoma that were treated by concomitant chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy, followed by interstitial brachytherapy.

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