Conservative treatment of carcinoma of the penis

Sixty-five cases referred to one hospital between 1964 and 1977 were studied. Forty-one presented in Stages 1 or 2 and when treated by the Iridium mould technique gave a 12/13 (92.3%) crude 5-year survival rate, an improvement over the results of previous methods of treatment, including partial amputation. In Stage 3 radical amputation gave an 89% 5-year survival rate. Node dissection was reserved for inguinal nodes in Stages 1, 2 and 3 which failed to resolve after treating the primary tumour. Undifferentiated tumours and those with the microscopic "cord" pattern of growth did badly.