key articles
Identifying the needs of penile cancer patients
Tuesday, 11 August 2009- Penile cancer is an uncommon malignancy with an incidence of 1 per 100,000. Conservative and radical treatments can be disfiguring and may have an impact on sexual function, quality of life (QOL), social...
Study describes the mechanisms of HIV-1 infection of human penile explant tissue
Monday, 2 March 2009 – The study, conducted by an international team of scientists and published in the latest issue of AIDS discusses various factors governing events between exposure of male genital mucosa surfaces and the...
Role of pathologic prognostic factors in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - In a review, Cubilla (2008) identified prognostic pathologic factors which are independent from other clinical or molecular variables.
The author reviewed the literature on morphological prognostic...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
Thursday, 16 October 2008 - In this article Leijte et al retrospectively analyse the recurrence patterns of penile carcinoma. Their experience is based on the analysis of one of the largest published database (700 patients) of...
Contemporary inguinal lymph node dissection: minimizing complications
Monday, 6 October 2008 - In a review, Spiess et al. (2008) described the morbidity of inguinal lymph node dissection (ILND) performed as part of the management of penile cancer as well as recent modifications that may reduce the...
Prognostic factors in invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
Sunday, 21 September 2008 - Ornellas et al. (2008) evaluated the role of primary tumor histopathological features for predicting regional metastasis and the prognosis in patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma.
From April...
Shortcomings of the current TNM classification for penile carcinoma: time for a change?
Friday, 5 September 2008 - Accurate tumor staging is essential in the management of malignancies. It provides a guide in selecting accurate treatment and gives an indication of prognosis based on the extent of disease. The...
Multimodality therapy in penile cancer: when and which treatments?
Friday, 5 September 2008 - Metastatic penile cancer typically comes to attention while the clinical extent of disease is limited to the inguinal or pelvic lymph nodes. Primary surgical management of lymph node metastases achieves...
Video endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer
Monday, 18 August 2008 - Radical lymphadenectomy improves survival in penile cancer patients, but the morbidity of the classic open procedure exceeds 50%. Tobias-Machado et al. (2008) reported the updated results of Video...
Taxanes in combination with cisplatin and fluorouracil for advanced penile cancer
Sunday, 17 August 2008 - Chemotherapy is emerging in the management of advanced penile cancer. Pizzocaro et al. (2008) evaluated the therapeutic activity of taxanes (T) in combination with cisplatin-fluorouracil (PF) for salvage...






