[Primary male urethral cancer: management and prognosis]
Xiao-Fei Zhu1, Kai Zhang, Jie Jin
1Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
Objective:
To further investigate the management and prognosis of primary urethral cancer in male.
Methods:
We treated 3 cases of primary urethral cancer from 2001 to 2011 and followed them up for recurrence and survival.
Results:
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.
Conclusion:
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.
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