A study into the association between local recurrence rates and surgical resection margins in organ-sparing surgery for penile squamous cell cancer.

Overall the presence of local recurrent disease in OSS in our experience is low (4%). We report an embolic mechanism of local recurrence, strongly suggested by the presence of cavernosal involvement and LVI. We conclude that a deep clear margin of >1 mm has a very low risk of local recurrence in penile OSS.