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Treatment of the inguinal regions in penile cancer: a review of the literature and treatment proposal

Daniel Taussky¹, Juanita Crook¹, Abdullah Al Ghamdi², Neil Fleshner², Michael A. S. Jewett²

1 Department of Radiation Oncology and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital and the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 Division of Urology, Princess Margaret Hospital and the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. Juanita Crook, Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario MSG 2M9 Canada

Canadian Journal of Urology 2006, 13(1), 2978-2983.

Abstract

Penile cancer is a rare malignancy affecting only 1 per 100,000 men in North America and Western Europe. Although the majority of men present with clinically negative inguinal lymph nodes, node positivity is associated with a ven; poor prognosis. Both the management of positive nodes, and the management of clinically negative nodes in intermediate- and high-risk patients remain controversial. Experience with penile cancer is often limited as even tertiary referral cancer centers may see only one or two such patients per year. The literature, which consists mainly of retrospective studies of patients treated over several decades, is not conclusive.
We undertook a literature review to address this issue and to propose

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