http://penile-cancer.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:52:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Morten Frisch, epidemiologist,a Soren Friis, epidemiologist,b Susanne Kruger Kjaer epidemiologist,b Mads Melbye, research professor a a Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Statens Seruminstitut, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark, b Danish Cancer Society, Research Center, Division for Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark Correspondence to: Dr Frisch. Boys circumcised neonatally are effectively protected against penis ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/falling-incidence-of-penis-cancer-in-an-uncircumcised-population-denmark-1943-90/ Although it is not known exactly what causes penis cancer there are some risk factors that appear to make men more susceptible to the disease. Risk factors do not mean you will get penis cancer but they do, by definition, increase the chance. Cancer of the penis is very rare. ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/penile-cancer-3/ Evidence for Multiple Independent Pathways of Penile Carcinogenesis —      Mark A. Rubin*, Bernard Kleter, Ming Zhou*, Gustavo Ayala, Antonio L. Cubilla, Wim G. V. Quint¶ and Edyta C. Pirog|| —        From the Department of Pathology,* —        University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Delft Diagnostic Laboratory, —        Delft, The Netherlands; the Department ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/detection-and-typing-of-human-papillomavirus-dna-in-penile-carcinoma/ Xavier Castellsagué, M.D., F. Xavier Bosch, M.D., Nubia Muñoz, M.D., Chris J.L.M. Meijer, Ph.D., Keerti V. Shah, Dr.P.H., Silvia de Sanjosé, M.D., José Eluf-Neto, M.D., Corazon A. Ngelangel, M.D., Saibua Chichareon, M.D., Jennifer S. Smith, Ph.D., Rolando Herrero, M.D., Victor Moreno, M.D., Silvia Franceschi, M.D., for the International Agency for ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/male-circumcision-penile-human-papillomavirus-infection-and-cervical-cancer-in-female-partners/ THE Ministry of Health is planning to roll out male circumcision free of charge countrywide as a preventive strategy against HIV/AIDS. This comes in the wake of research that suggests circumcised men have a lower risk of contacting sexually transmitted diseases. More than reducing the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, professionals say, ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/uganda-circumcision-not-100-percent-infection-proof/ From the Department of Urology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine [CIRP Note: This historic article conclusively disproves the false claims made by circumcision promoter Abraham Wolbarst in 1932 that circumcision prevents penile cancer. This article probably accurately reflects the state of medical knowledge at ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/penile-carcinoma-in-circumcised-males/ In Stage I, malignant cells are found only on the surface of the head (glans) of the penis. In Stage II, the penile cancer has spread to the surface of the glans, tissues beneath the surface, and the shaft of the penis. In Stage III, malignant cells have spread to lymph nodes ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/stages-of-penile-cancer/ Marc T. Goodman, Brenda Y. Hernandez and Yurii B. Shvetsov Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii Objective: Penile cancer is an uncommon malignancy, so few descriptive or analytic studies have been reported in the literature. The objective of this analysis was to describe the distribution of ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/demographic-and-pathologic-differences-in-the-incidence-of-invasive-penile-cancer-in-the-united-states-1995-2003/ Cancer that is easily misdiagnosed. Learning about the disease is, therefore, especially important for men. Answering questions about penile cancer is Curtis A. Pettaway M.D., associate professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Urology. What is penile cancer? Penile cancer is a malignant growth starting in the epithelium (surface) of the glans ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/penile-cancer-is-a-rare/ Bernhard Scher, MD1, Michael Seitz, MD2, Martin Reiser, BS1, Edwin Hungerhuber, MD2, Klaus Hahn, MD1, Reinhold Tiling, MD1, Peter Herzog, MD3, Maximilian Reiser, MD3, Peter Schneede, MD2 and Stefan Dresel, MD1 1.        Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Munich, Munich, Germany 2.        Department of Urology, University of Munich, Munich, ... http://penile-cancer.com/2008/06/06/f-fdg-petct-for-staging-of-penile-cancer/