Campaigners slam decision NOT to give HPV jab to boys
JCVI has advised the Government extending jab for boys is 'not cost-effective'. The HPV virus can lead to oral, penile and anal cancers in men. Boys benefit from 'her protection' the body says. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Targeting Genetic Drivers of Rare Genitourinary Cancers
This video reviews new studies examining the genetic drivers of three rare genitourinary cancers: von Hippel-Lindau disease, advanced papillary renal cell carcinoma, and penile cancer. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - July 5, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Guru Sonpavde, MD Tags: Videos Genitourinary Cancers Source Type: news
Penis cancer victim dies after being too fat for scans
Paul Humphrey, 37, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, weighed 42 stone when he was diagnosed with penile cancer - a rare form of cancer that develops on the skin of the penis - last September. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HPV Vaccination Prevents Cancers in Men, Too
For years, scientists have touted the HPV vaccination ’s power to reduce cervical cancer in women. Now, during Men’s Health Week, Texas physicians urge men to get vaccinated against HPV to prevent cancers. HPV causes several cancers in men and women, including oropharyngeal (cancers of the head and neck such as the throat and mouth), penile, anal, cervical and vaginal. Some cases are fatal. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - June 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anal cancer symptoms: THIS could prevent anal cancer in men - would you do it?
ANAL cancer and penile cancer are just two types of cancer which could be caused by HPV - the human papilloma virus virus. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Treating Locally Advanced Penile Cancer
This video examines the treatment of locally advanced penile cancer and whether an organ-sparing chemoradiotherapy approach might be an option instead of surgery. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - May 23, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jonathan D. Tward, MD, PhD Tags: Videos Genitourinary Cancers Source Type: news
Penis cancer therapy lets sufferers continue to have sex
Researchers from the Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, France found treating penis cancer with radiotherapy may be a viable alternative to having parts of the genitals removed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Penis cancer cure? New treatment lets you still have sex
PENIS cancer, also known as penile cancer, will affect one in 585 men in the UK in their lifetimes, but it is often treated with surgery that leaves men with loss of sexual and urinary function. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brachytherapy: Alternative to Surgery in Penile Cancer? Brachytherapy: Alternative to Surgery in Penile Cancer?
The largest study to date of the use of brachytherapy in penile cancer showed high rates of survival and allowed men to avoid surgery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
ESTRO: Survival in Pancreatic Ca Rises with RT Dose
(MedPage Today) -- Also: cartoons during RT, brachytherapy for penile cancer (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 9, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Brachytherapy rather than surgery is a good option for cancer of the penis
(European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)) Results from the largest group of men treated for cancer of the penis by a single institution have shown that treatment with brachytherapy is a good option that can be used instead of surgery in many cases. The study, presented at the 36th annual congress of the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy& Oncology, is important because penile cancer is extremely rare and so it is difficult to gather enough evidence to show that one type of treatment is better than another. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 7, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Doing THIS could prevent ANAL cancer: Men could be protected from deadly disease
ANAL cancer and penile cancer - two cancers which be caused by HPV - could be prevented now males are being offered a vaccine. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Close to Half of American Adults Infected With HPV, Survey Finds
High-risk strains of the virus — a cause of cervical and vaginal cancers, and cancer of the penis — infect 25.1 percent of men and 20.4 percent of women. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Sexually Transmitted Diseases Medicine and Health National Center for Health Statistics Source Type: news
Dramatic Increase in Incidence of Penile Cancer Precursor Dramatic Increase in Incidence of Penile Cancer Precursor
The rates of penile carcinoma in situ, a premalignant precursor of penile cancer, have increased dramatically in recent years in England.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - March 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Americans Are Having Less Sex Than They Used To
American adults of every age group are having less sex than they were a generation ago, suggests a study published Tuesday in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Specifically, Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s are having less sex than those born in the 1960s and 1970s had at the same age ― despite their reputation for relying on dating apps to set up sexual encounters and preferring hookup culture to traditional courtship.
The study, which included data from 26,000 adults, compared sexual activity among Americans in the late 1990s to the early 2010s. It found that adults had sex an average nine fewer times per year...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
