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Case Report| Volume 15, ISSUE 6, e1131-e1135, December 2017

Diagnosing Distal Urethral Carcinomas in Men Might Be Only the Tip of the Iceberg

      Standard treatment for distal urethral carcinomas has been partial penectomy, but penile-preserving methods have recently been suggested as an organ-sparing treatment option.

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