Mortality of wives of men dying with cancer of the penis

Smith, P. G.; Kinlen, L J; White, Gilbert; Adelstein, A. M.; Fox, Alan

doi:10.1038/bjc.1980.66

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“…Other studies have identified 85% of the wives and all the wives of the control group (Martinez, 1969). In another important paper (Smith et al, 1980), it is difficult to interpret whether selection of wives was adequate for a conclusion to be drawn.…”

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and of the cervix, vulva and vagina in spouses: is there any relationship? An epidemiological study from Norway, 1960-92

Iversen

Tretli²,

Johansen

et al. 1997

Br J Cancer

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“…This specific topic has been discussed in previous reports. In moderately large series, positive correlations between cancer of the cervix and penis have been reported in married couples (Martinez, 1969;Graham et al, 1979;Smith et al, 1980). However, other authors have not observed such correlations (Reddy et al, 1977;Maiche and Pyrhonen, 1990).…”

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and of the cervix, vulva and vagina in spouses: is there any relationship? An epidemiological study from Norway, 1960-92

Iversen

Tretli²,

Johansen

et al. 1997

Br J Cancer

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“…A close correlation has been reported between the frequency of cervical and penile carcinoma in populations (Bosch and Cardis, 1990) and in individual couples (Smith et al, 1980). The development of increasingly accurate assays for HPV detection has brought a clearer understanding of the prevalence of, and risk factors for, cervical HPV infection in women.…”

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“…British Journal of Cancer (2002) The importance of the 'male factor' (Skegg et al, 1982) in the aetiology of cervical carcinoma (CC) in women was suggested years before the identification of a sexually-transmitted virus, human papillomavirus (HPV), as the central cause of these tumours (Dürst et al, 1983;Muñoz et al, 1992). A close correlation has been reported between the frequency of cervical and penile carcinoma in populations (Bosch and Cardis, 1990) and in individual couples (Smith et al, 1980). The development of increasingly accurate assays for HPV detection has brought a clearer understanding of the prevalence of, and risk factors for, cervical HPV infection in women.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of human papillomavirus genital infection in men

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Four-hundred-forty-five husbands of women with invasive cervical carcinoma, 165 of women with in situ cervical cancer, and 717 of control women (age range 19 -82 years) were interviewed and a sample of exfoliated cells from the penis obtained in seven case -control studies conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The characteristics of human papillomavirus-positive and human papillomavirus-negative husbands were compared using odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Thirteen per cent of the husbands of control women, 18% of the husbands of women with invasive cervical carcinoma, and 21% of the husbands of in situ cervical carcinoma women were positive for penile human papillomavirus DNA. Human papillomavirus 16 was detected in 45 husbands, human papillomavirus 18, 31 or 33 in 19, and human papillomavirus 6/11 in 6, but the majority of human papillomavirus infection (158) was with other or unspecified human papillomavirus types. The same human papillomavirus type was seldom identified in both husband and wife. The strongest variation in penile human papillomavirus infection was by country, with percentages among the husbands of control women ranging between 3% in Spain and 39% in Brazil. Having had over 50 lifetime sexual partners, compared with only one, was associated with an odds ratio of 2.3. British Journal of Cancer (2002) The importance of the 'male factor' (Skegg et al, 1982) in the aetiology of cervical carcinoma (CC) in women was suggested years before the identification of a sexually-transmitted virus, human papillomavirus (HPV), as the central cause of these tumours (Dürst et al, 1983;Muñoz et al, 1992). A close correlation has been reported between the frequency of cervical and penile carcinoma in populations (Bosch and Cardis, 1990) and in individual couples (Smith et al, 1980). The development of increasingly accurate assays for HPV detection has brought a clearer understanding of the prevalence of, and risk factors for, cervical HPV infection in women. Human papillomavirus DNA has been identified in 99% of CC specimens (Walboomers et al, 1999). Among women with a normal Pap smear, between a few per cent and more than 50% of women with a normal Pap smear harbour HPV DNA in their cervix, depending upon age and country (Herrero et al, 2000a;Woodman et al, 2001). Conversely, progress in understanding the prevalence and natural history of genital HPV infection in men has been limited. Most surveys of penile HPV infection so far have included a few hundred men at most and have generally been restricted to young individuals (Hippeläinen et al, 1993a,b,c;Baldwin et al, 2001;Kjaer et al, 2001;Lazcano-Ponce et al, 2001).The present study examines the prevalence and determinants of penile HPV infection, according to PCR-based assays, among 1143 husbands of women enrolled in seven case -control studies coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). MATERIALS AND METHODSThe combined data included in these analyses were collected in five case-control studies of i...

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“…HPV DNA has been found in invasive cancers (Durst et al, 1983;zur Hausen, 1984;McCance et al, 1985;Grubb, 1986), pre-invasive lesions (Walker et al, 1984;Campion et al, 1985;De Villiers et al, 1987) and has been found to be related to progression of disease (Campion et al, 1986). Promiscuity in men has also been linked to increased risk in their sexual partners (Buckley et al, 1981;Zunzunegui et al, 1986) and recent studies have shown that males harbour human papilloma virus in penile lesions Villa & Lopes, 1986) and that sexual partners share increased risk of genital cancer (Kessler, 1976;Smith et al, 1980;Barrasso et al, 1987).…”

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A case-control study of cervix cancer in Singapore

Cuzick

Stavola²,

McCance³

et al. 1989

Br J Cancer

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Summary Cervix cancer is about twice as common in Asia as in the Western world and its incidence varies among different Asian ethnic groups. A study based in Singapore, the population of which comprises Chinese, Indians and Malaysians, offers the opportunity to evaluate whether the same risk factors are important in this part of the world as in the West.A total of 135 cases and an equal number of controls were interviewed and details concerning reproductive and sexual history, smoking, hygiene, socio-economic status and education were collected. Seventy-three cases had invasive cancer while 62 had micro-invasive disease or CIN III. The most important risk factors were parity and number of sexual partners. Smoking was rare in cases and controls and did not appear to be an important determinant of risk. Of the socio-economic factors, education appeared most predictive and lowered the risk. Age at first intercourse was strongly correlated with education (positively) and parity (negatively), but not with number of sexual partners. Biopsies were available for HPV DNA analysis in 38 cases and 37% were positive, mostly for HPV type 16. All these factors gave similar risks in invasive and preinvasive disease.A fairly consistent picture of risk factors for cervical cancer is now emerging from studies in Western Countries (Cramer, 1982). The most important of these are factors related to sexual behaviour and elevated risks have been associated with multiple sexual partners and having been divorced

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Mortality of wives of men dying with cancer of the penis

Cited by 91 publications

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and of the cervix, vulva and vagina in spouses: is there any relationship? An epidemiological study from Norway, 1960-92

Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and of the cervix, vulva and vagina in spouses: is there any relationship? An epidemiological study from Norway, 1960-92

Prevalence and determinants of human papillomavirus genital infection in men

A case-control study of cervix cancer in Singapore

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