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ReviewInfectious agents and cancer2020

Management guidelines of penile cancer- a contemporary review of sub-Saharan Africa.

Ayun Cassell, Bashir Yunusa, Burgess Manobah, Desire Wambo

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Review in Infectious agents and cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Ayun CassellDepartment of Urology and Andrology, Hopital General de Grand Yoff, Dakar, Senegal.ORCID 0000-0002-7977-6682
Bashir Yunusa2Department of Surgery, Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Burgess Manobah2Department of Surgery, Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Desire WamboDepartment of Urology and Andrology, Hopital General de Grand Yoff, Dakar, Senegal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPenile cancer is a rare malignancy with prevalence higher in areas of high Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) such as Africa, Asia and South America. In middle- and low-income countries where circumcision is not routinely practiced, the rate of penile cancer could be ten times higher. MAIN BODY OF THE ABSTRACT: A literature review was conducted from 1992 to 2019 using PubMed, Google Scholar, African Journal Online and Google with inclusion of 27 publications with emphasis on the Sub-Saharan literature. Findings revealed that most men with penile cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) present with locally advanced to advanced disease with devastating consequences. The option of penile sparing procedure is reduced with most treatment option directed to mutilating surgeries. The lack of appropriate chemotherapy and radiotherapy worsens the prognosis in the region. SHORT

conclusionHuman Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination may not be cost-effective for most regions in SSA. Therefore, early childhood circumcision might be the best advocated alternative for prevention.

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Human papilloma virusPenectomyPenile CancerSub-Saharan Africa

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PMID32377231
PMCPMC7195778

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