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Primary Urethral Carcinomas

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Primary urethral carcinomas (PUCs) account for <1 % of all genitourinary malignancies. According to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, over the past three decades, the annual incidence has ranged from 1.5 per million in women and a nearly threefold larger incidence in men (4.3 per million). The prevalence of all histological subtypes increases with age, with the peak annual incidence of 32 per million in men and 9.5 per million in women, seen in the 75–84-year age group, with disease being extremely uncommon in population younger than 55 years old (0.2 per million). The incidence of the disease has been reported to be twice as high in the African-American compared to the White population. In Europe, the age standardized ratio is estimated as 1.6 per million in men and 0.6 per million in women, with a similar male-to-female ratio.

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  1. Department of Urology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA

    Kamran Zargar-Shoshtari MD

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    Pranav Sharma MD & Philippe E. Spiess MD

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Zargar-Shoshtari, K., Sharma, P., Spiess, P.E. (2016). Primary Urethral Carcinomas. In: Pagliaro, L. (eds) Rare Genitourinary Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30046-7_10

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