Penis Cancer Disease

Penis cancer disease

DEFINITION

Penis cancer is a malignancy of the penis.

CAUSE

Suspected cause is smegma (cheese-like-smelling liquid, which is located under the front of the glans penis skin). But the exact cause is unknown.

Uncircumcised men who do not maintain the cleanliness of the area under the foreskin glans penis and the man who had suffered from genital herpes have a higher risk of penile cancer.

SYMPTOMS

Symptoms include:

- Sores on the penis

- Open sore on the penis

- Penis pain and bleeding from the penis (at an advanced stage).

Diagnosis

Diagnosis based on symptoms and physical examination.

In the penis appear wounds that resemble pimples or warts.

Biopsy done to confirm the diagnosis.

TREATMENT

# Treatment of penile cancer varies, contained to the location and severity of tumors: Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy can be done in addition to removal of the tumor.

# Surgery

If the tumor is confined to a small area at the tip of the penis, do penektomi partial (removal of a small penis).

To do an advanced stage with uretrostomi penektomi total (making a new opening of the urethra in the perineum).

Radiation therapy #

Radiation therapy after removal of the tumor is localized and the tumor has not spread.

A side effect of radiation therapy is a decreased appetite, fatigue, skin reactions (e.g., irritation and redness), injury or burns to the rectum, cystitis and hematuria.

Irradiation is usually performed 5 times / week for 6-8 weeks.