Carcinoma of the penis

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Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [mailto:mgibson@perfuse.org] Phone:617-632-7753; Joel Gelman, M.D. [mailto:jgelman@uci.edu], Director of the Center for Reconstructive Urology and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of   California,Irvine

Diagnosis
History & Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Lab Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | CT | MRI | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment
Chemotherapy | Radiation | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention

Resources

 * E.J. Schoen, M. Oehrli, C.J. Colby and G. Machin. The Highly Protective Effect of Newborn Circumcision Against Invasive Penile Cancer. Pediatrics 2000;105(3):e36 Full Text
 * C. Maden, K.J. Sherman, A.M. Beckmann, T.G. Hislop, C.Z. Teh, R.L. Ashley and Daling JR. History of Circumcision, Medical Conditions, and Sexual Activity and Risk of Penile Cancer. Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash.
 * Tumors of the Penis Jackson SM: The treatment of carcinoma of the penis. Br J Surg 1966;53:33.
 * M Kochen, S McCurdy. Circumcision and the Risk of Cancer of the Penis. A Life-Table Analysis. From the Program in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
 * Boczko S, Freed S. Penile carcinoma in circumcised males. N Y State J Med 1979;79(12):1903-4. Full text
 * Cold CR, Storms MR, Van Howe RS. Carcinoma in situ of the penis in a 76-year-old circumcised man. J Fam Pract 1997;44:407-10. Full text
 * Lehtinen M, Paavonen J. Vaccination against human papillomaviruses shows great promise. Lancet 2004;364:1731-2. Full text