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PENILE CANCER

Organ-sparing surgery in penile cancer: a call for centralization of surgery

Nature Reviews Urology volume 18, pages 191–192 (2021)Cite this article

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Organ-sparing surgery for the management of penile cancer is a dogma underpinned by previous research demonstrating no change in cancer-specific survival in cases of local recurrence. However, a new multicentre study of 897 patients treated with glansectomy for penile cancer challenges this view.

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  1. Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Paul K. Hegarty

  2. Total Urology, Affidea Diagnostics, Cork, Ireland

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Hegarty, P.K., Zafirakis, H. Organ-sparing surgery in penile cancer: a call for centralization of surgery. Nat Rev Urol 18, 191–192 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-020-00420-6

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