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PENILE-CANCER


originator: Clara
origination date: 09/05/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 10/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-PENIS-AND-OTHER-MALE-GENITAL-ORGANS
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALE-REPRODUCTIVE-CANCER
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-GENITOURINARY-ORGANS
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-PENIS-AND-OTHER-MALE-GENITAL-ORGANS
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
penile cancerdefinition: cancer of the penis, which is more frequent among men in cultures where circumcision is not practised. Symptoms may include a painless, small nodule, warty growth, or ulcer in the penis. Other later symptoms are pain, bleeding during erection or intercourse, a foul-smelling discharge, or a lump in the groin. The most common treatment is surgery, although other options are radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and biological therapy. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
penis cancerdefinition: see penile cancer (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: synonym

Spanish
cáncer de peneterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: cáncer del miembro reproductor masculino, que presenta una incidencia más alta en varones pertenecientes a culturas que no practican la circuncisión. Entre los síntomas destacan nódulo pequeño e indoloro, verrugas y úlcera en el pene. Los síntomas tardíos comprenden dolor, hemorragia durante la erección o el acto sexual, secreción de olor desagradable, o verruga en la ingle. El tratamiento de elección lo constituye la cirugía, aunque otra opciones son quimioterapia, radioterapia y terapia biológica. (es)