What is penile cancer

summary

My foreskin is very long. I didn't care about it because it didn't affect me. But recently, I felt that my penis was very uncomfortable, and it became red and swollen. The pain was quite serious. Later, I went to have an examination, and I knew that I had cancer of the penis. Let's talk about penile cancer.

What is penile cancer

First: penile cancer often starts from the glans, coronal sulcus and the mucosa of the inner prepuce. For patients with phimosis, it is not easy to be found in the early stage of the disease. It can touch the nodules or masses in the prepuce, and gradually increase, and can penetrate the prepuce to expose the cancer. Prepuce mouth often has purulent or bloody secretion outflow.

Second, the cause of penis cancer is not clear. At present, the theories of redundant prepuce, phimosis and prepuce scale are generally accepted. Circumcision is often related to religion, and 25% - 75% of penile cancer have phimosis without circumcision.

Third: penile cancer may be related to virus infection. Human papillomavirus is a double filament DNA virus, which can infect the epithelium of various organs. The most common sites were glans, coronal sulcus, inner prepuce plate, outer urethral orifice and frenulum of prepuce, rarely in dry skin of penis. The metastasis of penile cancer is mainly through lymphatic pathway.

matters needing attention

Penile cancer is a serious male disease, and the emergence of penile cancer will bring harm to healthy family life. Therefore, we must pay attention to timely treatment in life, and there are many precautions for patients with penile cancer before operation.