title: Bilateral ilioinguinal lymph node dissection in the management of cancer of the penis.
abstract: Twenty-nine patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis underwent bilateral ilioinguinal groin dissection 6 weeks after removal of the primary penile lesion. Eighty percent of the patients were alive and without evidence of disease at 5 years when the dissected lymph nodes were negative. When positive nodes were found, 62.5% of the patients were alive and without evidence of disease at 5 years: two of these patients had one iliac deep node positive each. The mortality rate at 5 years because of progression of disease was 6.6% when the dissected lymph nodes were negative, as compared to 37.5% when the dissected lymph nodes were positive.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pow-Sang
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benavente
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pow-Sang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pow-Sang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*