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Prophylactic Urethrectomy: When and How?

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Book cover Carcinoma of the Bladder

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

Abstract

Transitional cell carcinoma primarily involves the bladder, but quite frequently it also involves either simultaneously or metachronously the urothelium of the urethra and the upper urinary tract (Melicow 1945). When urethral involvement is not recognized at the time of cystectomy, or occurs during the follow-up after cystectomy, it leads to urethral tumor recurrence.

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  1. Department of Urology, UZ Gasthuisberg, University Hospitals of Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    H. Van Poppel MD, PhD (Professor) & L. Baert MD, PhD (Professor and Chairman, Clinical Professor)

  2. Department of Urology and Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    L. Baert MD, PhD (Professor and Chairman, Clinical Professor)

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, USC/Norris Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Zbigniew Petrovich MD, FACR (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Urology, UZ Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Luc Baert MD, PhD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Allegheny University Hospitals, Center City, Mail Stop 200, Broad & Vine Sts., Philadelphia, PA, 19102-1192, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Professor) (Professor)

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Van Poppel, H., Baert, L. (1998). Prophylactic Urethrectomy: When and How?. In: Petrovich, Z., Baert, L., Brady, L.W. (eds) Carcinoma of the Bladder. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60258-0_13

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