Table 1.
Patients characteristics and demographics
| Variables | ALL | Death to penile cancer | Death to other reasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 67 ± 14.24 | 66 ± 13.85 | 75 ± 11.79 |
| Race | |||
| White | 1772 | 274 (15.5) | 450 (25.4) |
| Black | 201 | 44 (21.9) | 53 (26.4) |
| Other | 118 | 15 (12.7) | 38 (32.2) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 1242 | 191 (15.4) | 299 (24.1) |
| Unmarried | 381 | 64 (16.8) | 76 (19.9) |
| DSW | 468 | 78 (16.7) | 166 (35.5) |
| AJCC stage | |||
| I | 922 | 64 (6.9) | 237 (25.7) |
| II | 543 | 89 (16.4) | 147 (27.1) |
| III | 428 | 97 (22.7) | 110 (25.7) |
| IV | 198 | 83 (41.9) | 47 (23.7) |
| Surgery | |||
| Yes | 2012 | 314 (15.6) | 515 (25.6) |
| No/Unknown | 79 | 19 (24.1) | 26 (32.9) |
| Radiation | |||
| Yes | 182 | 53 (29.1) | 43 (23.6) |
| No/Unknown | 1909 | 280 (14.7) | 498 (26.1) |
| Tumor size(cm) | |||
| ≤1 | 237 | 18 (7.6) | 52 (21.9) |
| 1 < T≤ 3 | 866 | 103 (11.9) | 224 (25.9) |
| 3 < T≤5 | 617 | 118 (19.1) | 171 (17.7) |
| >5 | 371 | 94 (25.3) | 94 (25.3) |
| N | |||
| N0 | 1661 | 171 (10.3) | 448 (27.0) |
| N1 | 144 | 43 (29.9) | 36 (25.0) |
| N2 | 159 | 59 (37.1) | 30 (18.9) |
| N3 | 127 | 60 (47.2) | 27 (21.3) |
| M | |||
| M0 | 2025 | 302 (14.9) | 525 (25.9) |
| M1 | 66 | 31 (47.0) | 16 (24.2) |
| Regional nodes examined | |||
| Yes | 573 | 140 (24.4) | 97 (16.9) |
| No | 1518 | 193 (12.7) | 444 (29.2) |
| Primary site | |||
| Glans penis | 861 | 136 (15.8) | 216 (25.1) |
| Body of penis | 134 | 19 (14.2) | 38 (28.4) |
| Overlapping lesion of penis | 108 | 20 (18.5) | 30 (27.8) |
| Penis NOS | 988 | 158 (16.0) | 257 (26.0) |
Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; DSW, divorced & separated &widowed; NOS, not otherwise specified.