{"id":124724,"date":"2016-10-21T21:29:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T21:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/11-signs-you-might-have-penile-cancer\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T21:29:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T21:29:55","slug":"11-signs-you-might-have-penile-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/11-signs-you-might-have-penile-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"11 signs you might have penile cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For most men the thought of going to the general physician to talk about a health problem fills them with dread.<\/p>\n<p>So, when it comes to concerns about their manhood, chances are they will avoid the issue altogether.<\/p>\n<p>But, that reluctance could prove life-threatening, with potentially serious symptoms being ignored, experts warn.<\/p>\n<p>While sores, an unpleasant discharge and rashes on a man\u2019s penis can be a sign ofsexually transmitted diseases, they can also indicate something much more serious.<\/p>\n<p>Though rare, penile cancer is a disease men must be aware of.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mod-25\">\n<h2>More on this&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Prostate cancer hormone therapy tied to higher dementia risk<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Erectile dysfunction may improve with exercise<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>This coffee might just work better than Viagra<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>It claimed the lives of 130 men in the UK in 2014\u2014 that\u2019s more than two a week, according to Cancer Research UK. In the United States,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 1,168 new cases of HPV-associated penile cancers are diagnosed each year. Although penile cancer is rare, human papillomavirus (HPV) is thought to be responsible for 63 percent of the cases.<\/p>\n<p>And here is why it\u2019s so important to be aware of the signs and symptoms, for\u00a0treatment can require that part of a man\u2019s penis is removed.<\/p>\n<p>And in\u00a0the most serious of cases\u00a0a complete penectomy\u2014 removal of the penis\u2014 is needed to give a man a chance of surviving the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Mortality rates among penile cancer sufferers are relatively low, but doctors say the nature of the symptoms often mean that men delay seeking medical help until the cancer is more advanced.<\/p>\n<p><b>Click for more from the Sun.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most men the thought of going to the general physician to talk about a health problem fills them with dread. So, when it comes to concerns about their manhood, chances are they will avoid the issue altogether. But, that reluctance could prove life-threatening, with potentially serious symptoms being ignored, experts warn. While sores, an <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/11-signs-you-might-have-penile-cancer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}