Correlation between the extent of nodal involvement and survival following groin dissection for carcinoma of the penis.
Between 1962 and 1986, 208 inguinal and 143 ilio-inguinal lymphadenectomies were performed on 201 patients with carcinoma of the penis. The crude 5-year survival rate was 95% for patients with negative nodes, 76% when only inguinal nodes were positive, and 0% when the pelvic nodes were positive. The adverse prognostic factors were (1) involvement of > 3 inguinal nodes, (2) perinodal infiltration in the inguinal area, and (3) pelvic node involvement.
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Department of Genitourinary Surgery, Cancer Institute, Madras, India.
D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate