Unusual Penile Malignancies in Circumcised Jewish Men

Penile Kaposi’s sarcoma in a human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative patient

“…KS limited to the glans penis is rare and is usually a sign of generalized disease in classical type. However, especially in circumcised men, KS confined to the penis is extremely uncommon in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐seronegative patients. 3–7 …”

“…Radiation therapy is the treatment of choice in classical KS and can also be used as a treatment modality at this body site. Small classical‐type tumours confined to the penis can be treated by local excision (Table 1), 3–6,9–16 but amputation of the penis is not usually suggested 10 . Recurrence of KS at this site is unusual; in the patients documented in Table 1, recurrence at the excision site was reported in only two (in the 30th and 9th months, respectively), and one patient developed a further tumour on the toe.…”

Carcinoma of Skin of Penis

“…In the present series only one case exhibited this localisation. Hence, in the circumcised Igbo male, as in his Jewish counterpart (Girgis et al, 1973;Persky, I977), growths on the glans are rare.…”

“…There is continuing controversy regarding penile carcinoma and circumcision (British Medical Journal, 1979;Kochen and McCurdy, 1980;Haas, 1981). Reports of squamous carcinoma have come from diverse communities but in circumcised Jews it is so rare that unusual malignancies are commoner (Girgis et al, 1973).…”

Penile Cancer: the importance of Prevention

“…Among Jewish men submitted to circumcision at birth, the incidence of PC is minimal (17). neonatal circumcision reduces 5 to 7 times the occurrence of PC (16).…”