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Management of Lymph Nodes

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The majority of penile cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (∼95%) which typically show a step-wise lymphogenic spread prior to hematogenic dissemination. The primary draining lymph nodes are invariably located within the inguinal lymphatic region. Thereafter, dissemination usually continues to the pelvic nodes and/or distant sites. At initial presentation, distant metastases are present in only 1–2% of the patients and are virtually always associated with clinically evident lymph node metastases.

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Graafland, N.M., Horenblas, S. (2011). Management of Lymph Nodes. In: Muneer, A., Arya, M., Horenblas, S. (eds) Textbook of Penile Cancer. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-879-7_9

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