title: Surgical management of carcinoma of the penis.
abstract: The potential devastating impact of curative traditional surgery on the patient's quality of life should always be a consideration even as urologic oncologists attempt to cure this potentially life-threatening malignancy. The development of penile-preserving surgical techniques will reduce the negative impact of amputations on functional and cosmetic outcomes only if oncologists continue to place oncologic objectives first and foremost for patients.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology, Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497, USA.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods