Abstract
We reviewed 53 patients (mean age 63 years) who underwent partial urethrectomy ( n = 26) or radical extirpation ( n = 27) for primary female urethral cancer from 1948 through 1999. Clinical stage, histology, high pathologic stage (3 or 4) and grade, tumor location, nodal status, surgery type, adjuvant therapy, and treatment decade were candidate outcome predictors. The predominant carcinomas were squamous cell ( n = 21), transitional cell (TCC) ( n = 15), and adenocarcinoma ( n = 14). For adjuvant therapy, 20 patients had radiation (8 preoperatively), 2 had radiation + chemotherapy, and 1 had chemotherapy alone. During mean follow-up of 12.8 years, 27 patients had recurrence; 15 local only, 2 distant only and 10 local + distant. Of patients undergoing partial urethrectomy for pT1-3 tumors, 6/27 (22%) had urethral recurrence. Overall, there were no bladder recurrences. Recurrence-free survival ± standard error (SE) at 10 years was 45 + 8%. Those who recurred had a cancer mortality rate of 71% at 5 years postrecurrence. The estimated 10-year cancer-specific survival (CSS) and crude survival (CS) rates were 60 ± 8% and 42 ± 7%, respectively. Pathologic stage was predictive for local recurrence ( P = 0.02) and CSS ( P = 0.01). Positive nodes on pathology were related to local and distant recurrence and CSS ( P = 0.01). Upon review, partial urethrectomy resulted in a high urethral recurrence rate (22%) with no bladder recurrences. These patients may be better served with radical urethrectomy and creation of continent catheterizable stoma.
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