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Table 2 Anatomical site, Jackson’s stage, tumor size, histopathological type/grade, and metastasis

From: Ten-year surgical experiences with penile cancer at a tertiary care hospital in northwestern Tanzania: a retrospective study of 236 patients

Variable

Response

Frequency

Percentages

Anatomical site

Glans penis

142

60.1

Glans + shaft

32

13.6

Prepuce only

18

7.6

Glans + prepuce

18

7.6

Shaft + prepuce

14

5.9

Shaft only

10

4.2

Whole penis + scrotum

2

0.8

Histopathological type

Squamous cell carcinoma

234

99.2

Soft tissue sarcoma

1

0.4

Small-cell carcinoma

1

0.4

Tumor size

Less than 2 cm

56

23.7

2 cm or more

180

76.3

Histopathological grade

Well differentiated

143

60.6

Moderately differentiated

52

22.0

Undifferentiated (anaplastic)

31

13.1

Not documented

10

4.2

Jackson’s classification stage

I

24

10.2

II

26

11.0

III

132

55.9

IV

30

12.7

Not documented

24

10.2

Metastasis at the time of diagnosis

Lymph node metastasis

154

65.3

Distant metastasis

10

4.2

No evidence of metastasis

72

30.5