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1995481

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
An epidemiologic study of penile cancer involving 141 cases and 150 community controls was undertaken in a high-risk area in China. Personal interviews, as well as physical examinations among the prospectively ascertained subjects, enabled evaluation of a variety of potential risk factors. Strongly related to risk were conditions restricting the motility of the foreskin, including phimosis or paraphimosis, particularly when so severe that circumcision was used for treatment. Poor hygiene practices also appeared to increase risk, particularly as evidenced by detection of smegma on physical examination, although it was difficult to decipher whether this association was etiologic or merely a consequence of disease. A sexual relationship outside of marriage was associated with a RR of 1.7, and appeared to be a more important discriminator than number of lifetime sexual partners. Risk was increased among subjects reporting previous genital conditions, particularly sexually transmitted diseases, and physical examinations revealed the appearance of genital warts among 13 cases vs. I control. Interviews with wives of study subjects failed to provide evidence of a "female factor" in the etiology of penile cancer. This study supports the need for further evaluation of the role of hygiene and sexually transmitted agents in the etiology of penile cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
504-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Risk factors for penile cancer: results from a case-control study in China.
pubmed:affiliation
Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article