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Abstract
Cancer or tumors of the URETHRA. Benign epithelial tumors of the urethra usually consist of squamous and transitional cells. Primary urethral carcinomas are rare and typically of squamous cells. Urethral carcinoma is the only urological malignancy that is more common in females than in males.
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- Neoplasms, Urethral
- Urethra Neoplasms
- Neoplasm, Urethra
- Neoplasm, Urethral
- Neoplasms, Urethra
- Urethra Neoplasm
- Urethral Neoplasm
- Cancer of Urethra
- Cancer of the Urethra
- Urethra Cancer
- Urethral Cancer
- Cancer, Urethra
- Cancer, Urethral
- Cancers, Urethra
- Cancers, Urethral
- Urethra Cancers
- Urethral Cancers
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with URETERAL NEOPLASMS, especially in Romance language: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under URETERAL DISEASES; coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Urethral Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014523. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014523
- Urethral Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58833969