Urethral cancer natural history, complications, and prognosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Prognosis
- The prognosis of urethral cancer depends on the following factors:
- Anatomical location
- Size
- Stage
- Depth of invasion
- Superficial tumors located in the distal urethra of both the female and male are generally curable. However, deeply invasive lesions are rarely curable by any combination of therapies.
- In men, the prognosis of tumors in the distal (pendulous) urethra is better than for tumors of the proximal (bulbomembranous) and prostatic urethra, which tend to present at more advanced stages.
- Distal urethral tumors tend to occur at earlier stages in women, and they appear to have a better prognosis than proximal tumors.