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Urethral Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
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General Information About Urethral Cancer






Stages of Urethral Cancer






Recurrent Urethral Cancer






Treatment Option Overview







Treatment Options for Urethral Cancer






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Anterior Urethral Cancer
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Recurrent Urethral Cancer



Anterior Urethral Cancer

Treatment of anterior urethral cancer is different for men and women.

For women, treatment may include the following:

For men, treatment may include the following:

  • Surgery (open excision, electro- resection with fulguration, lymph node dissection, or partial or radical penectomy).
  • Laser surgery.
  • Radiation therapy.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with anterior urethral cancer.

Posterior Urethral Cancer

Treatment of posterior urethral cancer is different for men and women.

For women, treatment may include the following:

For men, treatment may be radiation therapy followed by surgery (cystoprostatectomy, penectomy, lymph node dissection, and urinary diversion).

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with posterior urethral cancer.

Urethral Cancer Associated with Invasive Bladder Cancer

Treatment of urethral cancer that develops with invasive bladder cancer may include the following:

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with urethral cancer associated with invasive bladder cancer.

Recurrent Urethral Cancer

Treatment of recurrent urethral cancer that comes back near the urethra depends on the type of treatment the patient received before, as follows:

  • Surgery: For patients who were first treated with radiation therapy.
  • Radiation therapy with surgery: For patients who were first treated with surgery alone.

Treatment of recurrent urethral cancer that comes back in distant parts of the body is usually a clinical trial of chemotherapy.

This summary section refers to specific treatments under study in clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent urethral cancer.

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