Urethral cancer is a rare growth inside the urine pipe. It starts small but slowly narrows or ulcers the channel, so symptoms begin as stubborn pee problems and escalate.

Blood is the early warning. Pink or rust streaks appear on tissue, often painless and blamed on infection at first.

Stream changes follow. The flow becomes thin, forked, or stops and starts like a kinked hose.

Urgency and frequency climb. You dash every hour yet pass only small amounts, and the urge returns fast.

Pain or burning grows. It stings at the start of urination and can linger as a dull ache between the legs or in the perineum.

A lump or thickening can be felt along the underside of the penis or at the opening, feeling like a firm ridge under the skin.

Late signs include a non-healing sore, foul-smelling discharge, or swollen groin nodes—an alarm that the tumor has spread.