title: Cabanas approach: is sentinel node biopsy reliable for staging penile carcinoma?
abstract: In 1977 Cabanas proposed biopsy of a sentinel node which is considered the primary site of metastasis from penile carcinoma. If this node is not invaded by tumor, no further surgical treatment is necessary. We report on 2 patients in whom results of bilateral sentinel lymph node biopsies were negative and in whom pelvic lymph node metastasis developed within one year.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery