Predictive factors for local recurrence after glansectomy and neoglans reconstruction for penile squamous cell carcinoma.

CONCLUSIONS: Perineural invasion, carcinoma in situ, positive definitive margins, and the presence of high-grade SCC predict LR following glansectomy. These factors can be used to stratify patients into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups for recurrence which may be used to tailor follow-up.
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Source: Urologic Oncology - September 4, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Albersen M, Parnham A, Joniau S, Sahdev V, Christodoulidou M, Castiglione F, Nigam R, Malone P, Freeman A, Jameson C, Minhas S, Ralph DJ, Muneer A Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research