[Clinicopathologic analysis of 5 cases of urachal adenocarcinoma.].
ARCH ESP UROL 2021;
74:535-540. [PMID:
34080575]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To summarize the long-term results of patients with urachal carcinoma treated in our center.
CLINICAL CASES
The mean age at diagnosis was 48 years. The tumor stage according to Sheldon´s staging was IIB in two, IVA in one and IVB in two cases. Two of the patients underwent radical cystectomy and three underwent a partial one. All of them were urachal carcinomas, three were mucinous, one enteric and the fifth unspecified. All the patients received chemotherapy treatment. The mean follow-up time was 32 months, until death caused by the disease in all five cases.
CONCLUSIONS
Despite recent reviews, treatment remains a medical challenge. The importance of surgery is clear, but it is necessary to continue investigate different added treatments.
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