Urethral Cancer Risk Factors

Certain factors can make one person more likely to get urethral cancer than another. These are called risk factors. However, just because a person has one or more risk factors does not mean they will get urethral cancer. In fact, a person can have all of the risk factors and still not develop cancer. On the other hand, a person can have no known risk factors and get urethral cancer.

Since urethral cancer is not common, it can be hard for the doctors to identify risk factors for the disease. The following are possible risk factors for urethral cancer:

• Chronic inflammation

• Repeated urinary tract infections

• Other cancers of the urinary tract

• Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection