Penile cancer and phallus preservation strategies: a review of current literature

Penile cancer and phallus preservation strategies: a review of current literature.

Penile cancer is a rare malignancy in most developed nations but its management can have significant anatomical, functional and psychological effects in patients. Whilst total penectomy used to be widely practiced, it is associated with significant psychological consequences pertaining to body image and masculinity, with loss of sexual function and the ability to void upright. Recent advances i...

Penile rehabilitation following prostate cancer treatment: review of current literature

Radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiotherapy (RT) are highly effective in improving prostate cancer survival. However, both have a detrimental effect on erectile function (EF). Penile rehabilitation consists of understanding the mechanisms that cause erectile dysfunction (ED) and utilizing pharmacologic agents, devices or interventions to promote male sexual function. For the past decade, many r...

Penile cancer: a local case series and literature review.

INTRODUCTION Penile cancer is an uncommon disease affecting only about one in 100,000 men worldwide in a year. The diagnosis of the condition is frequently delayed, and the disease and its treatment frequently result in significant morbidity in patients. METHODS We herein describe seven cases of penile tumours: six cases of squamous cell carcinomas and one case of B-cell lymphoma that present...

penile preservation for male urethral cancer

tumors of t h e male u ret h ra are r a re, co m prising <1% of urolo g ic malignancies. this is a re po rt of a 44-ye a r-old man pre s ented with a 4 -month history of gross initi a l h e maturia and d y s u ri a . af t e r exami n ing the pa t ien t , we found a firm mass ex t ending 1 c m within the p roxim a l bulb a r uret h ra and a pathologic report of moderately differen t iated sq u a...

Dogs as Disease and Cancer Detectors: A Literature Review