Urethral Recurrence of Bladder Cancer Status Post Radical Cystoprostatectomy Treated with External Beam Radiation and Chemotherapy

Abstract

Recurrence of bladder cancer in the urethra represents a rare, but potentially morbid event. For advanced cases, a urethrectomy involving a wide excision may be quite disfiguring with little oncology yield. In particular, if there is lymph node involvement, then little curative benefit may be obtained from surgery. We report urethral recurrence treated via radiation and chemotherapy yielding rapid regression of the tumor and significant palliation.