A STUDY OF CARCINOMA OF THE PENIS: First Report: Clinicostatistical Studies on 58 Cases

Clinical studies were performed on 58 cases of penile cancer, treated at our clinic during the last 23 years from 1955 to 1977. The results are as follows: The average age of these 58 cases was 58.6 years old, ranged from 33 years old to 84 years old. The average of the interval between the onset and clinical visit was 19.8 months, and that of cancer death was 40.3 months. Forty-one cases of 58 cases (70.7%) were phimotic. As to the initial localization of tumors, 38 cases (65.5%) were at the glans penis. The treatment consisted of surgery, irradiation and chemotherapy. The treatment in the early period (1955-1968) was mainly surgery, and that in the late period (1968-1972) was mainly Bleomycin chemotherapy. Forty-nine cases were classified by Jackson's staging, and the results are as follows: stage I; 27 cases, stage II; 13 cases, stage III; 5 cases, stage IV; 4 cases. The 5-year-survival rate of low stage (stage I and stage II) patients was 90.0%, and that of high stage (stage III and stage IV) patients was 22.2%. The over-all 5-year survival rate of 49 cases was 77.6%.