Penile Cancer Research

Question: phimosis and penile cancer? I had my operation done three weeks ago. I wanted to know if I had a condition called phimosis. I am a muslim by religion and circumcision is a neccessay custom. Mine didnt happen til age 25 because of my dysfunctional family issues and all that bullshit. To make my story short, my surgeon gave me an appointment on Monday rather than friday. He normally does the circumcision operations only on friday And you have got to take an appointment a week ago like previous friday. The thing is that sounded odd to me. His assistant examined my penis for one minute and told my surgeon I need a circumcision. Again, my surgeon checked my penis and this time went out of the room. He came again into the room after 5 minutes and checked my penis again for one minute and gave me an appointment on Monday. Why an urgent appointment, why did not he do the operation on the next friday? Why did he carry out the op after a gap of two days? These are the syomstom I felt I had before the operation. 1. My penis looked so small. I am 25 btw. 2. I noticed a little sticky white substance inside my foreskin. 3. Sometimes while urinating, my penis expanded like a balloon, urine sometimes spread over the camode. 4. I felt a little discomfort/irritation while urniating but not something very often. 5. I felt a little bad smell came out of my penis on some occasions. 6. I am unble to retract my foreskin because it was too long from my penis hole and it could not move my glans. After the operation done, I saw bulky size white substance around my shaft. What is it? Why is it caused? 7. I j/O rolling my penis with my two hands(unconciously) sometimes this way i got a lot of pleasure. This technique was linked with those patients who had phimosis. I came to know about this online. All I wanted to know whether I had phimosis or not. My surgeon did not tell me about it. After doing some research online, the symptoms I had had looked similar to those who suffered from the phimosis. I might have a penile cancer later in my life If I had a phimosis. How far is it true? Thanks a lot for any input.

Answer: yes you have phimosis or a small meatus. there is no indication of cancer, the white thing you noticed is smegma. the early appointment may be due to the surgeaons convenience.

Question: Is the U.S. federal government or any private companies funding actual penis enlargement research? This seems worthwhile to fund like cancer research, stem cell research, etc. I haven't found any actual research being conducted for penile enlargement - only a bunch of marketing ploys and gimmicks which sell merchandise like pills, pumps, surgery, etc. If someone were to start actual research (that is, paying for scientists, equipment, etc.) would you support the federal government providing funding via taxpayer money for the research? I was thinking of starting the research with my company but I was planning on asking my congressman and senator to lobby for the funding before I get started.

Answer: Some private companies have done so, but only as far as helping men with penile injuries be able to attain an erection as to a full-blown, fully funded study, that is a resounding 'no'

Question: hi there I'm fifteen years old and recently i have found a brown lump on the underside of my penis.? i am a bit worried about this as i have been researching this and i think it could be penile cancer,but i am not sure, just wondering if there is anyone who could give some advice on this and all will be welcomed. thanks.

Answer: Does it hurt? You can actually get cancer on your penis some of the symptoms are a tender spot, wart like lump or open sore,usually painless,that orignates on the tip of the penis.. . . Pain and bleedng usually only occurs if the cancer is advancd. Penile cancer that is not treated can spread into the lymph nodes of the groin and on to other parts of the body. Malignant cells, cancer in the lymph nodes are abnormal, often painless, swellings. Penis cancer is rare, but when a guy has it, it can spread u should go to the doctor to make sure is not nothin. There are treatmnts for penis cancer but the earlier the diagnosis the better the chances of surviving. Goodluck!

Question: Is it being investigated to see if the same viruses that cause cervical cancers also Prostrate cancers? Someone told me there is research going on about this right now. All I have been told here is that it has been found to be linked to penile cancers that are rare but who wants that anyways even if rare?

Answer: Well cervical cancer is caused by HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus, which many women get. They have a vaccine for this now and it is virtually 100% effective, it's name is Gardasil I believe. The male I'm assuming can also get the vaccine for this, but I don't think there is ANY link between the two. Prostate cancer usually occurs in older males and with enlarged prostates. Cervical cancer occurs any age in females and only with HPV.

Question: Any thoughts on new HPV vaccine....? Im sure we have all heard about the Texas mandate.....here is my question... I did some research and found out that HPV is also linked to Penile Cancer in men ( about 1 in 100,000 men are diagnosed each year ) So why arent 12 year old boys being forced to get the vaccine too ? Did I mention I am a former United States Marine....and female ? The going to war to die comment is a little strange :(

Answer: Boys don't get the vaccine because the clinical results on boy are not yet in, and penis cancer is extremely rare. Only 1,121 of the female subjects tested by Merck were less than 16 (and only half of these received the vaccine). These younger subjects were only followed up for a maximum of 18 months. The Facts About GARDASIL 1) GARDASIL is a vaccine for 4 strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), two strains that are strongly associated (and probably cause) genital warts and two strains that are typically associated (and may cause) cervical cancer. About 90% of people with genital warts show exposure to one of the two HPV strains strongly suspected to cause genital warts. About 70% of women with cervical cancer show exposure to one of the other two HPV strains that the vaccine is designed to confer resistance to. 2) HPV is a sexually communicable (not an infectious) virus. When you consider all strains of HPV, over 70% of sexually active males and females have been exposed. A condom helps a lot (70% less likely to get it), but has not been shown to stop transmission in all cases (only one study of 82 college girls who self-reported about condom use has been done). For the vast majority of women, exposure to HPV strains (even the four “bad ones� protected for in GARDASIL) results in no known health complications of any kind. 3) Cervical cancer is not a deadly nor prevalent cancer in the US or any other first world nation. Cervical cancer rates have declined sharply over the last 30 years and are still declining. Cervical cancer accounts for less than 1% of of all female cancer cases and deaths in the US. Cervical cancer is typically very treatable and the prognosis for a healthy outcome is good. The typical exceptions to this case are old women, women who are already unhealthy and women who don’t get pap smears until after the cancer has existed for many years. 4) Merck’s clinical studies for GARDASIL were problematic in several ways. Only 20,541 women were used (half got the “placebo�) and their health was followed up for only four years at maximum and typically 1-3 years only. More critically, only 1,121 of these subjects were less than 16. The younger subjects were only followed up for a maximum of 18 months. Furthermore, less than 10% of these subjects received true placebo injections. The others were given injections containing an aluminum salt adjuvant (vaccine enhancer) that is also a component of GARDASIL. This is scientifically preposterous, especially when you consider that similar alum adjuvants are suspected to be responsible for Gulf War disease and other possible vaccination related complications. 5) Both the “placebo� groups and the vaccination groups reported a myriad of short term and medium term health problems over the course of their evaluations. The majority of both groups reported minor health complications near the injection site or near the time of the injection. Among the vaccination group, reports of such complications were slightly higher. The small sample that was given a real placebo reported far fewer complications — as in less than half. Furthermore, most if not all longer term complications were written off as not being potentially vaccine caused for all subjects. 6) Because the pool of test subjects was so small and the rates of cervical cancer are so low, NOT A SINGLE CONTROL SUBJECT ACTUALLY CONTRACTED CERVICAL CANCER IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM — MUCH LESS DIED OF IT. Instead, this vaccine’s supposed efficacy is based on the fact that the vaccinated group ended up with far fewer cases (5 vs. about 200) of genital warts and “precancerous lesions� (dysplasias) than the alum injected “control� subjects. 7) Because the tests included just four years of follow up at most, the long term effects and efficacy of this vaccine are completely unknown for anyone. All but the shortest term effects are completely unknown for little girls. Considering the tiny size of youngster study, the data about the shortest terms side effects for girls are also dubious. 8) GARDASIL is the most expensive vaccine ever marketed. It requires three vaccinations at $120 a pop for a total price tag of $360. It is expected to be Merck’s biggest cash cow of this and the next decade. These are simply the facts of the situation as presented by Merck and the FDA.

Question: should circumcision be banned???NO? Dr. Muhammad 'Ali al-Baar (a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK and a consultant to the Islamic Medicine department of the King Fahd Centre for Medical Research in the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah) says in his book al-Khitaan (Circumcision): "Circumcision of newborn boys (I.e., within the first month of life) brings numerous health benefits, including: 1 – Protection against local infection in the penis, which may result from the presence of the foreskin, causing tightening of the foreskin, which may lead to retention of urine or infections of the glans (tip) of the penis – which require circumcision in order to treat these problems. In chronic cases, the child may be exposed to numerous diseases in the future, the most serious of which is cancer of the penis. 2 – Infections of the urethra. Many studies have proven that uncircumcised boys are more exposed to infection of the urethra. In some studies the rate was 39 times more among uncircumcised boys. In other studies the rate was ten times more. Other studies showed that 95% of children who suffered from infections of the urethra were uncircumcised, whereas the rate among circumcised children did not exceed 5%. In children, infection of the urethra is serious in some cases. In the study by Wisewell on 88 children who suffered infections of the urethra, in 36 % of them, the same bacteria was found in the blood also. Three of them contracted meningitis, and two suffered renal failure. Two others died as a result of the spread of the micro-organisms throughout the body. 3 – Protection against cancer of the penis: the studies agree that cancer of the penis is almost non-existent among circumcised men, whereas the rate among uncircumcised men is not insignificant. In the US the rate of penile cancer among circumcised men is zero, whilst among uncircumcised men it is 2.2 in every 100,000 of the uncircumcised population. As most of the inhabitants of the US are circumcised, the cases of this cancer there are between 750 and 1000 per year. If the population were not circumcised, the number of cases would reach 3000. In countries where boys are not circumcised, such as China, Uganda and Puerto Rico, penile cancer represents between 12-22 % of all cancers found in men; this is a very high percentage. 4 – Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Researchers found that the STDs which are transmitted via sexual contact (usually because of fornication/adultery and homosexuality) spread more among those who are not circumcised, especially herpes, soft chancres, syphilis, candida, gonorrhea and genital warts. There are numerous modern studies which confirm that circumcision reduces the possibility of contracting AIDS when compared to their uncircumcised counterparts. But that does not rule out the possibility of a circumcised man contracting AIDS as the result of sexual contact with a person who has AIDS. Circumcision is not a protection against it, and there is no real way of protecting oneself against the many sexually transmitted diseases apart from avoiding fornication/adultery, promiscuity, homosexuality and other repugnant practices. (From this we can see the wisdom of Islamic sharee'ah in forbidding fornication/adultery and homosexuality). 5 – Protection of wives against cervical cancer. Researchers have noted that the wives of circumcised men have less risk of getting cervical cancer than the wives of uncircumcised men. Health Benefits taken from: al-Khitaan, p. 76, by Dr. Muhammad al-Baar. And Allah knows best. hi bro..what so great about american..u guys just refuse to accept the fact

Answer: Both Jews and Muslims have circumcision as a religious requirement but this is actually at heart a health matter which has been religionised after its major benefits were realised millennia ago. Modern medicine has proved time and again that circumcision provides life-long benefits in terms of reduced risk of several STIs plus elimination of the common problems of phimosis, paraphimosis, frenulum breve and balanoposthitis. Circumcision is the right of every male for its medical benefits, as is their ability to practice their religion in peace. Both as a human rights matter and for the medical benefits it brings to both the man himself and to his sexual partners, it would be totally immoral to even attempt to ban it. On the contrary, it is the duty of government to promote health and thus they should be promoting voluntary circumcision for all males at their own request or that of their caring parents.

Question: Should I have my son circumcised after he's born? I'm not Jewish so it's not a religious thing but purely for medical reasons. I've done some pretty thorough online research and the only reasons I would lean towards circumcision would be the fact that nearly everyone in my family is diabetic and I'm concerned about him having infections, ulcers, urinary tract infections, penile cancer, etc later in life from complications from diabetes if he ends up with the disease as well. But I'm also concerned about him being in pain from the procedure and if we decide to have it done I would be watching like a hawk and making sure he's properly numbed beforehand and cared for post-op. I also have an older, experienced and very well-recommended OB-GYN who I trust completely if we decide to circumcise our son. His father is circumcised and did not hesitate in his answer that he'd like our son to be as well. I've also asked some male friends who both are and aren't what they thought. The ones who aren't seem to lean towards "no" but aren't totally against it when I list my reasons why I would have it done for him, the ones who are seem to be for it and don't have any resentment towards their parents for having it done and suffered no complications. So what is your opinion? Men and mothers of boys on either side of the argument, I'd like to hear your thoughts. This is a tough decision and I have 2 months to make it.

Answer: If everyone in your family is diabetic, you should go ahead and have your son's legs amputated because honestly, his chances of having diabetic neuropathy and needing a below the knee amputation is much higher than him ever needing a circumcision due to foreskin problems. Your son is also more likely to have male breast cancer than ever having cancer of the penis. It seems like you already have your mind made up and that you're leaning towards having it done and maybe you're worried about pain. It will hurt him, even with a dorsal block but getting the shot will make a bit less painful. Just know that he'll be sore for a week or more as it will sting every time he urinates or defecates in his diaper. Ask about giving the baby around the clock Tylenol for after circ pain. If it matters, I am an OB nurse who is against routine infant circumcision due to seeing them performed over the years. Despite having a husband who is circumcised, I did not have my children circed and they are all intact without ever having one single health issue. My opinion is parents shouldn't have surgery, even minor surgery, on their children without a true medical need. The truth is most boys who are uncircumcised are just fine their entire lives. And the truth is that most circumcised boys, although they are in pain for a while, grow up just fine and don't have issues. So your son will most likely be fine either way. However, sometimes boys do suffer complications like bleeding and infection after a circ, and personally, I'm not just comfortable with taking those risks without a real need. I hope you'll search for circumcision videos on U tube or Goo gle and watch the procedure before you have it done. And search online for as many pros and cons of each side of the issue. You shouldn't believe what just one person or one website says. Research everything about it and then use your best judgment. Good luck!

Question: Can I get hpv warts on my tongue? I had been with my ex-boyfriend for 9 mths before he decided to tell me the reason he had penile cancer was from hpv and genital warts. I hadn't had any warts before or at the time he told me. I did get HPV from him. I was alright with that. I was in love with him so I decided to stay with him. Of course, I thought we were going to be married and be together forever. I stayed with him for 3 1/2 yrs. I know this may sound stupid, but I just realized I may have had warts on my tongue ever since I've been with him. I've never had any "down there". I've been researching pictures of oral warts from HPV and my outbreak I have now, looks exactly the same as the pics. I talked to him about this. He says there is no way that I have oral warts from him, because he never had an outbreak while we were together. Is this true? I haven't been to the doc yet, but am going on monday. I got Hpv from him and he didn't have an o.b., so why can't i get warts? Any help/advice would be great!

Answer: It's possible but very unlikely. HPV warts prefer the genital area to the mouth area. That's not to say that it never happens just that it's not that common. Do you have regular paps? You need to get an HPV test to keep tabs on any cervical changes that could arise from having high risk HPV. Low risk hpv causes warts but does not cause cancer. High risk hpv does not cause warts but can cause cancer. I'm sure you are probably ok but keep up your paps and dr visits to ensure good health.

Question: Teens or adult men only. I am trying to help you. How much do you know about HPV regarding your gender? I am sure by now you have heard the term HPV. Tell me what you know. Then google the word and see if your educated.. Can men get cancer from HPV? Is it becoming one of the leading causes of oral cancer? Can it cause as many cancers of the upper throat as tobacco and alcohol? Can a man be a carrier and have no outwards signs? Can it cause penile & anal cancer? From 1973-2004 the rate of oral cancers rose steadily. Men more than women are in more denial about such things as we women have tests more often. Now go do your research, it can save a life!!

Answer: yes yes yes yes yes

Question: is there really a point in getting circumcised ? im kinda going back and forward with it im 18 and i have my foreskin where i am from circumcision is really really uncommon i did some research but to be honest i do not believe in the stuff that i read like i read that circumcision can prevent penile and prostate cancer and i was like how in the hell can cutting off a part of skin help with that? and this might be stupid but maybe its just my way of thinking i thought to myself if cutting the skin from the head of the penis can help then why doctors do not recommend getting female's breast removed just to be safe from breast cancer ? it kinda does not make any sense i do not have any problems with it everything is fine i also read that it is hygienic and i think that is someone washes his penis every time he takes a shower or a bath then nothing will be wrong with it i came across some kind of forum and i found that some people just did it cause it looks more appealing to the women and that kinda made me laugh cause a vagina is not a work of art either plus if a girl judges you by how your penis looks then ....well bye bye birdy so are there are pros for it ?? cause from what i read there are more cons about it

Answer: no and FYI circumcision does NOT prevent anything

Question: phimosis and penile cancer? had my operation done three weeks ago. I wanted to know if I had a condition called phimosis. I am a muslim by religion and circumcision is a neccessay custom. Mine didnt happen til age 25 because of my dysfunctional family issues and all that bullshit. To make my story short, my surgeon gave me an appointment on Monday rather than friday. He normally does the circumcision operations only on friday And you have got to take an appointment a week ago like previous friday. The thing is that sounded odd to me. His assistant examined my penis for one minute and told my surgeon I need a circumcision. Again, my surgeon checked my penis and this time went out of the room. He came again into the room after 5 minutes and checked my penis again for one minute and gave me an appointment on Monday. Why an urgent appointment, why did not he do the operation on the next friday? Why did he carry out the op after a gap of two days? These are the syomstom I felt I had before the operation. 1. My penis looked so small. I am 25 btw. 2. I noticed a little sticky white substance inside my foreskin. 3. Sometimes while urinating, my penis expanded like a balloon, urine sometimes spread over the camode. 4. I felt a little discomfort/irritation while urniating but not something very often. 5. I felt a little bad smell came out of my penis on some occasions. 6. I am unble to retract my foreskin because it was too long from my penis hole and it could not move my glans. After the operation done, I saw bulky size white substance around my shaft. What is it? Why is it caused? 7. I j/O rolling my penis with my two hands(unconciously) sometimes this way i got a lot of pleasure. This technique was linked with those patients who had phimosis. I came to know about this online. All I wanted to know whether I had phimosis or not. My surgeon did not tell me about it. After doing some research online, the symptoms I had had looked similar to those who suffered from the phimosis. I might have a penile cancer later in my life If I had a phimosis. How far is it true? Thanks a lot for any input.

Answer: Yes, you did have the signs of phimosis. The risk of future cancer is connected to the fact that you could not wash under the foreskin. Secretions from your body which accumulate under the foreskin can cause irritation which might lead to a cancer starting in the skin on the head of your penis. It is wise to have the foreskin removed in your situation. You and your doctor can monitor your situation and look for lesions which may lead to cancer. While penile cancer is rare, it always starts out small (and treatable). Patients with carcinoma of the penis tend to delay seeking medical attention. However, since you are in a risk group, you will stay on top of the situation, and consult your doctor for any skin abnormalities. Penile cancer starts on the skin, usually in men who were circumcised after early childhood, in uncircumcised men, and usually at or after age 60. You and your doctor can monitor your health by noting any red or raised areas on your penis, particularly on the glans. Cancers start from a "precancer" called cellular dysplasia, which can be seen microscopically when a sample of cells (biopsy) is taken from unusual looking skin. Your risk of penile cancer is higher than the population, but it is still not a common cancer. Penile cancer is usually painless. Keep an eye on any red areas, sores, lumps, scaly patches, raised areas or growths on your penis, especially the glans and the hole (meatus), and stay in touch with a good urologist. It is quite treatable when it is only in the skin. I do not know why your appointment was handled so promptly. You could ask your doctor this question.