Penile Cancer: The Smokeless Tobacco Connection

Cancer – the very word cancer gives some people a feeling of weakness in the knees. Why? Survival rates for most cancers are not very good. Most people today are more than aware of this and therefore the fear associated with the term cancer.

Penile cancer is the subject of this article. Penile cancer is something most men do not want to think about, much less discuss. Unfortunately, it exists and there are specific causes that lead to it. If the reader wishes to research the various causes of penile cancer, they can enter the term in any search engine of their choice.

The causative factor of penile cancer. what we are focusing on for this article is smokeless tobacco. Tobacco plays a very important role in squamous cell cancer of the penis. Chewing tobacco or using wet or dry snuff.

How important is a role What role does smokeless tobacco play in the development of penile cancer? A study has shown that 34% of tobacco chewers compared to nonsmokers in a controlled study developed penile cancer. This percentage was more than double the percentage of those who do not use tobacco.

All forms of tobacco use They have been shown to significantly increase the incidence of penile cancer. [BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY (London), Volume 75, Number 3: Pages 375-377, March 1995].

Let’s cover a general review of the role that tobacco use in any form contributes to penile cancer susceptibility. Penile cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the penis. Anything that increases your chance of getting a disease is called a risk factor.

Risk factors for the use of tobacco in any form in the development of penile cancer.

The penis is a rod-shaped male reproductive organ. Sperm and urine pass from the body through the penis. It contains two types of erectile tissue (spongy tissue with blood vessels that fill with blood to produce an erection):

1) Corpora cavernosa: The two columns of erectile tissue that make up most of the penis.

2) Spongy body: The only column of erectile tissue that makes up a small portion of the penis. The corpus spongiosum surrounds the urethra (the tube through which urine and sperm pass from the body).

Erectile tissue is wrapped in connective tissue and covered with skin. The glans (head of the penis) is covered with loose skin called the foreskin.

There are several factors that can cause penile cancer, but the focus of this article is tobacco use in any form.

Possible signs of penile cancer include:

!) sori

2) download

3) bleeding.

These and other symptoms may be due to penile cancer. Other conditions could cause the same symptoms. A doctor should be consulted if any of the following problems occur:

1) redness

2) irritation

3) a sore on the penis.

4) a lump on the penis

The following tests that examine the penis are used to detect and diagnose penile cancer:

1) Physical exam and history: An exam of the body to check general signs of health, including checking the penis for signs of disease, such as lumps or anything else that seems unusual.

2) A history of the patient’s health habits and past illnesses and treatments will also be taken.

3) Biopsy: removal of cells or tissues so that a pathologist can look at them under a microscope and detect signs of cancer.

Your chances of recovery and treatment options depend on the following:

1) The stage of the cancer.

2) The location and size of the tumor.

3) Whether the cancer has just been diagnosed or has come back.

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In summary, The use of tobacco in any form is a risk factor for carcinoma of the penis. Tobacco can exert its action through its metabolites or directly after systemic absorption. Using more than one form of tobacco multiplies the risk of developing carcinoma of the penis.