Management of urachal cancer: A review by the Canadian Urological Association and Genitourinary Medical Oncologists of Canada

Management of urachal cancer MethodologyWe performed a search of Pubmed, Embase and Cochrane using the following keywords: urachus cancer, urachus carcinoma, carcinoma of the urachus, cancer of the urachus, urachal cancer.Guidelines from the European Association of Urology (EAU), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and provincial guidelines from the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) were reviewed.Only the BCCA guidelines mention urachal cancer.The first draft was written and reviewed by the project leaders (ZH and NB) and disseminated to GUMOC members for a primary review.The updated version was resubmitted to the group as well as key canadian representatives in the fields of urologic oncology, radiation oncology, pathology, and to a patient advocate.Consensus was obtained within the group by the revision of the summary statements until a unanimous agreement was achieved (either by email exchanges or in person discussions at the annual GUMOC meeting).