When would you recommend adjuvant therapy for a patient with urethral adenocarcinoma after partial urethrectomy?
What clinicopathological features would need to be present for you to recommend adjuvant chemotherapy? Would you treat pT3 disease? Any specific histological features?
What adjuvant therapy would you recommend - chemotherapy, radiation or a combination?
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Medical Oncology · Veterans Administration Health Care Center
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My first approach in this setting is to have the pathology reviewed by an expert tumor pathologist, and to be sure of the T stage, margins, N/M stage, and whether any tumor markers are heavily expressed. If there is a strongly expressed tumor marker, such as CEA, I will obtain baseline, and interval...
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Medical Oncology · VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Treatment of urethral carcinoma varies depending on the gender of the patient, location, and histologic type. Because of rarity, there is a scarcity of data to guide treatment for patients with adenocarcinoma of urethra. Surgery alone is not adequate in most patients with locally advanced urethral c...
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