Reappraisal of the role of radiotherapy and surgery in the management of carcinoma of the penis.
The iridium mould technique was used as the method of choice whenever possible in a series of 80 cases of cancer of the penis. When the growth was confined to the glans penis the survival rate was 89% but local recurrence called for subsequent amputation in 22%. When tumour had invaded the corpus cavernosum, irradiation improved the survival rate but amputation was required in 75 to 80%. Prognosis correlated well with histology, patients with a "cord" pattern having the worst prognosis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007495:Iridium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011868:Radioisotopes; D007495:Iridium