Does delay in lymphadenectomy alone influence the survival in carcinoma penis?
[...] the authors have not specified if the delayed dissection was done with a therapeutic or prophylactic intent. Because 17 of their patients had palpable nodes, which is associated with a high incidence of pathological node- positive disease, [2] we presume that their intent was therapeutic.
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Veröffentlicht in: | Indian journal of cancer 2010-07, Vol.47 (3), p.352 |
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Zusammenfassung: | [...] the authors have not specified if the delayed dissection was done with a therapeutic or prophylactic intent. Because 17 of their patients had palpable nodes, which is associated with a high incidence of pathological node- positive disease, [2] we presume that their intent was therapeutic. |
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ISSN: | 0019-509X 1998-4774 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0019-509X.64714 |