title: Conservative treatment of carcinoma of the penis.
abstract: Sixty-five cases referred to one hospital between 1964 and 1977 were studied. Forty-one presented in Stages 1 or 2 and when treated by the Iridium mould technique gave a 12/13 (92.3%) crude 5-year survival rate, an improvement over the results of previous methods of treatment, including partial amputation. In Stage 3 radical amputation gave an 89% 5-year survival rate. Node dissection was reserved for inguinal nodes in Stages 1, 2 and 3 which failed to resolve after treating the primary tumour. Undifferentiated tumours and those with the microscopic "cord" pattern of growth did badly.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007495:Iridium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007495:Iridium