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Whats the percentage of urethral polyps being cancerous?
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POLYPS: By definition they are benign or at worst pre-cancer. A polypoid form of urothelial cell cancer would be what it is called if it were not benign. There are a few rare other types of cancers of the urethra.
Answered 6/4/2013
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