title: Interstitial brachytherapy for penile cancer: the experience of Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this work was to analyze the treatment results and complications of patients with penile cancer treated in our centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty three patients were included in this retrospective research. The average age was 62. All patients underwent brachytherapy HDR or PDR procedures using a remote-after-loading system with iridium source.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average follow-up was 60 months. Complete remission was observed in 24 patients (72.7%) out of the whole group. Locoregional and distant recurrences were noted in 9 patients (27.3%). In all patients 5-year overall and disease free survival were 84.9% and 75.4%, respectively. The 5-year locoregional control rate was 78.8%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radical brachytherapy could possibly be a good treatment option in selected patients with T1-3 penile cancer and lesions smaller than 4 cm in diameter.
authors.affiliation: Brachytherapy Department, Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland; Chair and Clinic of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makarewicz
authors.affiliation: Brachytherapy Department, Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland; Chair and Clinic of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebioda
authors.affiliation: Brachytherapy Department, Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland; Chair and Clinic of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Terlikiewicz
authors.affiliation: Brachytherapy Department, Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz, Poland; Chair and Clinic of Oncology and Brachytherapy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kabacińska
keywords: HDR brachytherapy; penile cancer