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Non-surgical treatment of primary female urethral cancer

Author(s) -

Bruce Libby,

David Chao,

Bernard F. Schneider

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2010.e55

Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , primary treatment , radiation therapy , malignancy , incidence (geometry) , brachytherapy , urethra , primary cancer , cancer , external beam radiation , adenocarcinoma , chemotherapy , surgery , physics , optics

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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