... The cancer is growing into the anus or the lower third of the vagina or urethra (the tube that drains urine from the bladder). ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/vulvarcancer/detailedguide/vulvar-cancer-staging
... When you urinate, the muscles in the bladder contract, and urine is forced out of the bladder through a tube called the urethra. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladdercancer/detailedguide/bladder-cancer-what-is-bladder-cancer
... See also bladder, kidney, urethra. urethra Search [yoo-ree-thruh]. the tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=u
... The urinary tract is made up of 2 kidneys, 2 ureters, the bladder, and the urethra. ... It passes out of the body through the urethra. ...
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/002931-pdf.pdf
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=U
... treatment. This surgery is done through an instrument passed up the urethra, so it does not require cutting into the abdomen. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladdercancer/detailedguide/bladder-cancer-treating-surgery
... The urethra, which is the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body through the penis, goes through the center of the prostate. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-what-is-prostate-cancer
... This means the surgeon removes the bladder, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, front wall of the vagina, and the urethra. ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/sexualsideeffectsinwomen/sexualityforthewoman/sexuality-for-women-with-cancer-rad-cystectomy
... called ureters. Urine leaves the bladder through another tube called the urethra. In women the urethra is very short. In men ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladdercancer/overviewguide/bladder-cancer-overview-what-is-bladder-cancer
... larger in older men. The tube that carries urine (the urethra) runs through the center of the prostate. The prostate contains ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/overviewguide/prostate-cancer-overview-what-is-prostate-cancer
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