title: A case of tumor of the penis: interstitial brachitherapy after conservative surgical therapy.
abstract: The neoplasms of the penis are extremely rare and have an incidence of 1400 new cases for year in the United States. Higher is the percentage of incidence in Africa and Asia (10-20%) and in some areas of Brasil where the cancer of the penis constitutes 17% of all the male tumors. In Israel this neoplasm is rare, less than 0.1/100000 menfor year, because in Jewish population men are circumcised prematurely. Recently it has been placed attention to the possible aetiologic role of human papillomavirus (HPV-16 and HPV-18) in penis carcinoma. In fact, in the tumoral cells, DNA of this virus has been found with a percentage that varies from the 30 to 82%. Traditional surgical approach is total or partial penis resection basing on the extension of the disease. This procedure is associated to remarkable psycosessuals problems that greatly affect the quality of life. We bring back a case with organ sparing conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Bologna, St. Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital, Italy. maliziam@libero.it
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malizia
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ntreta
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galuppi
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brunocilla
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertaccini
authors.forename: Fabiano
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vitullo
authors.forename: Enza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martorana
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery