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- Title
Penile metastasis from invasive bladder cancer.
- Authors
Hadž-Djokić, J.; Pejčić, T.; Aćimović, M.; Andrejević, V; Radosavljević, R.
- Abstract
Objective: To present the rare case of penile metastasis from bladder cancer. Patient report: A 68-year-old man with invasive bladder cancer disseminated in penile shaft and the pelvic lymph nodes is presented. The patient underwent cystoprostatectomy, total penectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. Results: Ten months after surgery, patient is in complete remission. Conclusion: Despite the fact that secondary penile tumors usually require palliative therapy, in selected cases surgical treatment of primary tumor and penectomy, followed with chemotherapy, can improve survival.
- Subjects
BLADDER cancer treatment; CANCER patients; LYMPH node diseases; PENILE tumors; PROSTATE surgery
- Publication
Acta Chirurgica Iugoslavica, 2009, Vol 56, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
0354-950X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/ACI0902101H