Epidemiology of cancer of the penis.
World-wide incidences of penile cancer are reviewed and epidemiologic factors including ciecumcision, hygiene, phimosis, smegma, irritation, infection, veneral disease, viruses, environment, race, immune response, trauma, and age are discussed. The lowest rates appear in groups practicing infant circumcision and in areas where standards of sexual hygiene are high.
D000349:Africa; D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D002170:Canada; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D004777:Environment; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D010688:Phimosis / Q000150:complications; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012902:Smegma; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America; D014586:USSR; D014481:United States; D014780:Viruses