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Descriptor
English
:
Urethral Neoplasms
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Neoplasias Uretrales
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Neoplasias Uretrais
Synonyms
English
:
Cancer of Urethra
Urethral Cancer
Tree Number:
C04.588.945.947.945
C12.758.820.937
C12.777.767.601
C13.351.937.820.890
C13.351.968.767.601
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
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)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
blood supply
cerebrospinal fluid
chemistry
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
secondary
secretion
surgery
therapy
ultrastructure
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
14922
Unique Identifier:
D014523
Occurrence in VHL
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