ABSTRACT
Objective: To describe the experience in 22 patients with penile cancer.
Methods: observational, cross-sectional study. There were included patients with complete medical records and histopathologic report of penile cancer during the period 2010-2013.
Results: The mean age was 64.95 years, evolution time to diagnosis was 25 months, 68.2 % smoked and presented HPV infection, all had phimosis, 72.7% had pain in the penis and groin, 81.8% had palpable nodules and 45.5% lesions > 3cm; 86.3% were diagnosed with clinical stage IIIA and higher, 59.1% underwent partial penectomy, 86.4% were squamous cell variety, 40.9% of the patients died at 6 months post-surgery, 66.6% of smokers presented metastasis, all those positive for HPV infection and smoking had neurovascular invasion and died; 83.3% (n=6) that underwent partial penectomy and positive lymph node dissection with metastases died. Overall survival was 40.9 % at 5 years and the average survival time was 41.8 months.
Conclusion: we conclude that penile cancer remains rare, which has a high mortality and the diagnosis is made late. Measures for the realization of a timely diagnosis are suggested this may improve the prognosis and the treatment time can be curative.
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