Lymph Node Metastasis in Intermediate-Risk Penile Squamous Cell Cancer: A Two-Centre Experience

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 688-692

  Hughes, Ben E ^a   Leijte, Joost A P ^b   Kroon, Bin K ^b   Shabbir, Majid A ^a   Swallow, Tom W ^a   Heenan, Sue D ^a   Corbishley, Cathy M ^a   van Boven, Hester H ^b   Perry, Matthew J A ^a   Watkin, Nick A ^a   Horenblas, Simon ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

G2T1; Lymph node metastasis; Penile cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LONDON; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PALPATION; PENILE NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 77249114672     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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