Primary urethral cancer: treatment patterns and associated outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate treatment patterns and associated outcomes of patients with urethral cancer.

Patients and methods

After obtaining institutional review board approval we identified 165 patients treated for primary urethral cancer between 1956 and 2017. Treatment included monotherapy (surgery or radiation), dual therapy (surgery+radiation, surgery+chemotherapy, or chemotherapy+radiation) or triple therapy (surgery+radiation+chemotherapy). Rates of different treatments were described by treatment year. The association between treatment type and outcomes was evaluated with multivariable Cox regression models, adjusting for disease characteristics.

Results

The study cohort included 74 men and 91 women, with a median age of 61 years. Common histologies were squamous

SUBMITTER: Mano R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483343 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature