Prognostic factors for occult inguinal lymph node involvement in penile carcinoma and assessment of the high-risk EAU subgroup: A two-institution analysis of 342 clinically node-negative patients

European Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 742-747

  Graafland, Niels M ^a   Lam, Wayne ^b   Leijte, Joost A P ^a   Yap, Tet ^b   Gallee, Maarten P W ^c   Corbishley, Cathy ^b   Van Werkhoven, Erik ^a   Watkin, Nick ^b   Horenblas, Simon ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic sentinel node biopsy; Lymph node metastasis; Occult metastasis; Penile cancer; Penile carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYNAMIC SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT CANCER; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77957589253     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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