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Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Phone:617-632-7753; Joel Gelman, M.D. [2], Director of the Center for Reconstructive Urology and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of California,Irvine

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The predominant therapy for carcinoma of the penis is surgical resection. Adjunctive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and biological therapy may be required.

Medical Therapy

Radiation therapy[1]

  • Radiation therapy may be used in men who wish to preserve the penis.
  • Radiation therapy may be given before surgery to shrink the tumour.
  • Radiation therapy may be given after surgery to destroy cancer cells left behind and to reduce the risk of the cancer recurring.
  • Radiation therapy may be used to relieve symptoms of advanced cancer.
  • External beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy are the 2 main types of radiation therapy used to treat penile cancer.
  • Brachytherapy is used most often for the treatment of carcinoma of penis that are less than 4 cm.

Chemotherapy

  • Chemotherapy may be used with or without radiation therapy when the cancer cannot be removed by surgery.
  • It may be given before surgery to shrink a tumour.
  • It may be given after surgery to destroy cancer cells left behind and to reduce the risk of the cancer recurring.
  • Chemotherapy may be used to relieve symptoms of advanced cancer.
  • Both topical chemotherapy and systemic chemotherapy are used to treat carcinoma of penis.
  • Topical chemotherapy is used for the treatment of carcinoma in situ.

Biological therapy

  • Biological therapy uses natural or manufactured substances to kill, control, or change the behaviour of cancer cells.
  • Biological therapy may be used to treat:

References

  1. Treatment of penile cancer. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/penile/treatment/?region=ab


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