Metastatic tumors to the penis: A report of 17 cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-606

  Chaux, Alcides ^a   Amin, Mahul ^b   Cubilla, Antonio L ^a   Young, Robert H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

outcome; penile cancer; penile metastasis; penile secondary tumor; priapism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS TUMOR; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

AGED; CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE NEOPLASMS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81555227094     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896909350468     Document Type: Review

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