Table 1 Baseline clinical and histopathological characteristics and oncological outcomes of patients ≤50 years and >50 years old.

From: Long-term outcomes of penile squamous cell carcinoma in men age ≤50 years old compared with men >50 years old from a single tertiary referral centre: a propensity score matched analysis

 

Overall

≤50 years

>50 years

p-value*

Number of patients, n

200

100

100

 

Follow-up (months), median (IQR)

53.5 (18–96)

46.5 (15.25–77.5)

62 (19.75–115)

0.04

Age, (median, IQR)

50.5 (46–65)

46 (40–49)

65 (59–73)

<0.001

Primary surgery, n (%)

   

0.09

 Radical circumcision

38 (19.0)

25 (25.0)

13 (13.0)

 

 WLE

34 (17)

12 (12)

22 (22)

 

 Glansectomy +/− distal corporectomy +/− SSG

91 (45.5)

44 (44)

47 (47)

 

 Partial penectomy +/− SSG

20 (10)

12 (12)

8 (8)

 

 Total penectomy

16 (8)

6 (6)

10 (10)

 

 Glans resurfacing

1 (0.5)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 

Grade, n (%)

   

0.75

 1

1 (0.5)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 

 1–2

7 (3.5)

3 (3)

4 (4)

 

 2

57 (28.5)

26 (26)

31 (31)

 

 2–3

75 (37.5)

40 (40)

35 (35)

 

 3

60 (30)

30 (30)

30 (30)

 

Histology, n (%)

 Sarcomatoid

3 (1.5)

3 (3)

0 (0)

0.08

 Basaloid

33 (16.5)

16 (16)

17 (17)

0.85

 NOS

92 (46)

50 (50)

42 (42)

0.26

 PeIN

84 (42)

46 (46)

38 (38)

0.25

 LS

58 (29)

25 (25)

33 (33)

0.21

 HPV

17 (8.5)

12 (12)

5 (5)

0.08

pT-stage, n (%)

   

0.18

 1

104 (52)

52 (52)

52 (52)

 

 2

61 (30.5)

30 (30)

31 (31)

 

 3

28 (14)

17 (17)

11 (11)

 

 4

7 (3.5)

1 (1)

6 (6)

 

pN-stage, n (%)

   

0.37

 x

33 (16.5)

12 (12)

21 (21)

 

 0

110 (55)

59 (59)

51 (51)

 

 1

25 (12.5)

11 (11)

14 (14)

 

 2

14 (7)

7 (7)

7 (7)

 

 3

18 (9)

11 (11)

7 (7)

 
  1. IQR interquartile range, WLE wide local excision, SSG split skin graft, NOS not otherwise specified, PeIN penile intraepithelial neoplasia, LS lichen sclerosus, HPV Human Papillomavirus.
  2. *Comparison between men age ≤50 years and >50 years. Categorical data were analysed using Chi-square test. Non-parametric continuous data were analysed using Mann–Whitney U test.