title: Penile cancer--surgical treatment of the primary tumor.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present our experience in the surgical treatment of primary tumor in penile cancer based on the accepted oncologic principles and indications for the existing surgical methods of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of 54 patients with histologically proven malignant penile cancer treated surgically at the Urology department of MHAT "St George", Plovdiv between 1975 and April 2001.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty patients were treated with 53 operations performed. Penile amputations were significantly more than penile-preserving operations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differentiation and tumor stage are paramount in the choice of surgical strategy for penile cancer.
authors.affiliation: Medical University, Department of Urology, 15A Vassil Aprilov St., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: I Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Dechev
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Banchev
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kadim
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Zdravchev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies