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The Kaplan\u2013Meier method and the Cox proportional hazards regression model were used to analyze the effects of primary tumor size on overall survival (OS) and penile carcinoma-specific survival (PCSS).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Advanced T stage (P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), lymph node metastasis (P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and distant metastasis (P\u2009=\u20090.001) were more frequently associated with SCCP patients with tumor size \u2265\u20093\u00a0cm than those with tumor size\u2009 &lt;\u20093\u00a0cm. In Kaplan\u2013Meier analyses, the patients with large tumors (\u2265\u20093\u00a0cm) exhibited an inferior OS and PCSS than those with small tumors (&lt;\u20093\u00a0cm). Moreover, tumor size was identified to be an independent prognostic factor for OS [hazard ratio (HR) 1.665, P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001] and PCSS (HR 2.076, P\u2009=\u20090.003) of patients with SCCP in multivariate analyses.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Large tumor size is associated with adverse clinicopathological characteristics of patients with SCCP. Besides, tumor size represents an independent prognostic factor for OS and PCSS. 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