Genitourinary malignancies

Urologic cancers encompass a disparate group of malignancies which have in common their association with the genitourinary tract, excluding gynecologic malignancy in the female, but including the male genital tumors of prostate, penis, and testis (Box 16.1 ). The origins of many are from the urothelium, transitional cell in particular, and others include glandular adenocarcinoma (the most common type of carcinoma of the prostate), squamous carcinoma, germ cell tumors, and other rare entities such as lymphoma or sarcoma. Where tumor origin, site, or histopathology differ signifi cantly in terms of their palliative management, the details will be discussed in other chapters.