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Penile cancer is rare in Western countries (<1% of cancers in men), but accounts for 10–20% of male malignancies in Africa, Asia, and South America. LN drainage: skin of penis – bilateral superficial inguinal nodes; glans penis – bilateral inguinal or iliac nodes; penis corporal tissue – bilateral deep inguinal and iliac; 20% chance of LN+ at surgery if clinically node negative. Risk factors: uncircumcised status, phimosis, poor local hygiene, HPV-16, 18. Pathology: 95% squamous cell; others very rare – melanoma, lymphoma, basal cell, Kaposi’s sarcoma.
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Wang-Chesebro, A., Foster, W., Gottschalk, A.R. (2010). Cancer of the Penis. In: Hansen, E., Roach, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Radiation Oncology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92988-0_27
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