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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Urethral cancer|Urethral cance]]<nowiki/>r is a rare [[disease]] that tends to affect [[African American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study|African American]] individuals. The [[incidence]] is approximately 0.43 per 100,000 in the [[United States]] for [[men]], and approximately 0.15 per 100,000 for [[Women's Hospital|women]].
Urethral cance<nowiki/>r is a rare [[disease]] that tends to affect [[African American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study|African American]] individuals. The [[incidence]] is approximately 0.43 per 100,000 in the [[United States]] for [[men]], and approximately 0.15 per 100,000 for [[Women's Hospital|women]].


==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
===Incidence===
===Incidence===
* [[Urethral]] [[cancer]] is rare.<ref name="cancergov">National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq </ref>
* [[Urethral]] [[cancer]] is rare.<ref name="cancergov">National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq </ref>
* The annual [[incidence]] rates in the Surveillance, [[Epidemiology]], and End Results database over the period from 1973 to 2002 in the United States for men and for women were 4.3 and 1.5 per million, respectively, with downward trends over the three decades.  
* The annual [[incidence]] rates in the Surveillance, [[Epidemiology]], and End Results database over the period from 1973 to 2002 in the [[United States]] for [[men]] and for [[Women's College Hospital|women]] were 4.3 and 1.5 per million, respectively, with downward trends over the three decades.  
* The [[incidence]] was twice as high in African Americans as in whites (5 million vs. 2.5 per million).
* The [[incidence]] was twice as high in [[African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust|African]] [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans]] as in [[Whites of the eyes|whites]] (5 million vs. 2.5 per million).


===Gender===
===Gender===
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===Race===
===Race===
* [[Urethral]] [[cancer]] usually affects [[African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust|African]] [[American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology|American]] individuals.
* Urethral [[cancer]] usually affects [[African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust|African]] [[American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology|American]] individuals.


==References==
==References==

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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

Urethral cancer is a rare disease that tends to affect African American individuals. The incidence is approximately 0.43 per 100,000 in the United States for men, and approximately 0.15 per 100,000 for women.

Epidemiology and Demographics

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Gender

Race

References

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