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Urethral cancer
Urethral cancer is a type of cancer where this uncontrolled growth of cells in the urethra, the tube from which urine passes after it leaves the bladder. Symptoms can include blood in the urine or difficulty urinating.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Could you have urethral cancer aged 22?
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What are the tests for urethral cancer?
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What are the major presenting symptoms of urethral cancer?
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What does urethral cancer discharge look like?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is the difference between bladder and urethral cancer?
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A 42-year old female asked about a female:
Is it close to impossible for a 13 year old female to get urethral cancer?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is there such a thing as urethral cancer, and if so, how do you avoid getting it?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Is chronic urethral inflammation considered a big risk factor for urethral cancer?
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A 36-year old asked:
Bladder cancer, urethral cancer, what to do?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is it true that a urethral cancer lump will be visable?
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A 35-year old male asked:
What are the symptoms of Urethral Cancer? Can't find anything that says it causes of tip of penis pain. Does it? Checked many websites
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A 22-year old female asked:
When I google about pigmented female urethral opening, it gives me results about urethral cancer. Mine is black in color & I observed this recently.
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A 22-year old female asked:
When I google about pigmented urethra, it gives me results about urethral cancer. My urethra is black in color which I observed recently. Is this norm?
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A 50-year old asked:
Could a person see the urethral cancer lump with their eyes or is it not visable to the naked eye?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Do the strains of HPV that cause warts on feet and fingers are also the stains that cause penile/urethral/anal cancer? I have warts, am i at risk?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I'm 20yo guy.Passed a tiny black speck in urine at the beginning of urine stream.What might have caused it?Scared of bladder, urethral and such cancers
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A 33-year old male asked:
I have a urethral stricture caused by bxo. I'm worried about increased chance of urethral or bladder cancer, how can I monitor this via tests ?
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A 39-year old asked:
Do people get cancer of the urethra, and if so, how rare is it?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is urethra cancer fatal?
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A 47-year old female asked:
I recently had and MRI please tell me if this means I have cancer if the urethra. Circumferential mild thickening and enhancement of the urethra?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Does touching or rubbing your urethra cause cancer? please tell me I have been touching my urethra and also rubbing ot for 8 years.I'm 19 years old.
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A 31-year old female asked about a 32-year old male:
My husband has urethral structure and needs to have dilation done which he has had a year ago bt has returned. Can this lead to Cancer In the future?
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A 47-year old asked:
I have bleeding from urethra. Cancer symptom, should I be concerned?
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A 75-year old male asked:
I had a biopsy half the prostate is benign cyst the other half is cancer gleason 9 can I have a pvp to open the urethra up ?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Is wart in urethra causes a cancer? I am glad it is going to be clear by imiquimod cream.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Urethral sensation from lexapro (escitalopram). Off for a month. Now back. Urine tests normal. Doc says anxiety. Chance of cancer? No pain or flow problems feel good
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A 25-year old male asked:
I have a sensation in my urethra after taking anti dep. I stopped taking them but then it came back. Urine tests normal. Do I have bladder cancer?
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A 34-year old asked:
Please tell me about advance bladder cancer or prostate or urethra or kidney cancer?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Hello Doc, I got this fleshy like growth on one side of my opening urethra with a look of blood capillaries inside is that a genital wart or cancer?
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A 42-year old female asked about a female:
13 y/o daughter has irregular periods may be on now but when urinating after its all out blood drops down sperate from P everytim Urethra cancer??!
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