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  1.     If the patient is treated with radiation therapy rather than by surgery, the swollen inguinal lymph nodes will usually not disappear within the four-to-six-week period of observation.
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  3. Five-Year Survival  75 percent 
  4.  
  5. Stage IV 
  6. The cancer has spread to distant sites.
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  8. Standard Treatment  There is no standard treatment for cure. Treatment is directed at the control of symptoms by selected radiation, surgery or experimental chemotherapy protocols.
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  10. Five-Year Survival  Less than 5 percent 
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