Penile cancer is a rare condition, which mostly affects men in their sixth decade of life. The most common histology is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), with about half of the cases linked to human papilloma virus (HPV) infection.
The lack of awareness and significant social and psychological stigma associated with penile cancer often leads to delays in presentation, diagnosis and management. Timely multidisciplinary care at experienced centers is therefore critical for improving outcomes. For patients with advanced disease, treatment options are limited and prognosis remains poor. Large international efforts are underway to further define the optimal standards of care. Targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors could potentially play a role in advanced disease and are under evaluation in clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the current management of penile cancer and future directions.
Oncology and therapy. 2021 Jan 16 [Epub ahead of print]
Carlos E Stecca, Marie Alt, Di Maria Jiang, Peter Chung, Juanita M Crook, Girish S Kulkarni, Srikala S Sridhar
Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Department of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33454930