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Cancer of the Female Urethra

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Radiation Oncology of Gynecological Cancers

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Carcinoma of the female urethra is uncommon, with approximately 1500 cases reported in the literature (Grigsby 1992). It represents 0.02% of all cancers found in women and less than 0.1% of all gynecologic malignancies (Johnson and O’Connell 1983; Weghaupt et al. 1984). The peak incidence occurs in the fifth and sixth decades, although cases have been reported in children as young as 4 years and women in their ninth decade (Hopkins and Grabstald 1986). This cancer appears to be more common in white women (85%) than black women (12%) (Hopkins and Grabstald 1986).

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny University Hahnemann, Broad and Vine, Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-1192, USA

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Micaily, B., Dzeda, M.F. (1997). Cancer of the Female Urethra. In: Vahrson, H.W. (eds) Radiation Oncology of Gynecological Cancers. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60334-1_8

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