Treatment Options for Urethral Cancer
Anterior Urethral Cancer
Posterior Urethral Cancer
Urethral Cancer Associated with Invasive Bladder Cancer
Recurrent Urethral Cancer
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Anterior Urethral Cancer
Treatment of anterior urethral cancer is different for men and women.
For women, treatment may include the following:
For men, treatment may include the following:
- Surgery (open excision, electro- resection with fulguration, lymph node dissection, or partial or radical penectomy).
- Laser surgery.
- Radiation therapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with anterior urethral cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Posterior Urethral Cancer
Treatment of posterior urethral cancer is different for men and women.
For women, treatment may include the following:
For men, treatment may be radiation therapy followed by surgery (cystoprostatectomy, penectomy, lymph node dissection, and urinary diversion).
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with posterior urethral cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Urethral Cancer Associated with Invasive Bladder Cancer
Treatment of urethral cancer that develops with invasive bladder cancer may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with urethral cancer associated with invasive bladder cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Recurrent Urethral Cancer
Treatment of recurrent urethral cancer that comes back near the urethra depends on the type of treatment the patient received before, as follows:
- Surgery: For patients who were first treated with radiation therapy.
- Radiation therapy with surgery: For patients who were first treated with surgery alone.
Treatment of recurrent urethral cancer that comes back in distant parts of the body is usually a clinical trial of chemotherapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent urethral cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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