"Urethral Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cancer or tumors of the URETHRA. Benign epithelial tumors of the urethra usually consist of squamous and transitional cells. Primary urethral carcinomas are rare and typically of squamous cells. Urethral carcinoma is the only urological malignancy that is more common in females than in males.
| Descriptor ID |
D014523
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.945.947.945 C12.758.820.937 C12.777.767.601 C13.351.937.820.890 C13.351.968.767.601
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| Concept/Terms |
Urethral Neoplasms- Urethral Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Urethral
- Neoplasm, Urethral
- Urethral Neoplasm
- Urethra Neoplasms
- Neoplasm, Urethra
- Neoplasms, Urethra
- Urethra Neoplasm
Cancer of Urethra- Cancer of Urethra
- Urethra Cancers
- Urethra Cancer
- Cancer, Urethra
- Cancers, Urethra
- Urethral Cancer
- Cancer, Urethral
- Cancers, Urethral
- Urethral Cancers
- Cancer of the Urethra
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urethral Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Risk factors for urothelial carcinoma of the prostate in patients undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy for bladder cancer. BJU Int. 2009 Oct; 104(7):934-7.
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Urethral recurrence in patients following orthotopic urinary diversion. J Urol. 2004 Oct; 172(4 Pt 1):1338-41.
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Urinary cytologic findings in patients with benign and malignant adenomatous polyps of the prostatic urethra. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2000 Jul; 124(7):1047-52.
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Leiomyoma of the female urethra. J Urol. 1988 Sep; 140(3):613-4.