Caution, Men at Risk of Cancer uncircumcised penis!

Circumcision is said to help reduce risks such as sexually transmitted diseases. But it was not just that.Circumcision also reduces the risk of penile cancer. In other words, men who are not circumcised at risk of penile cancer. Similarly urologists revealed Dharmais Hospital Cancer Center Dr. Rachmat W Santoso Jakarta when contacted by phone on Friday (15 / 5). "The cause is a chronic infection in people who do not cirkumsisi (circumcision)," Rachmat said. Men are also at risk are those who have suffered from genital herpes. The main problem is not hygienic male genitalia because his head is not open. Cleanliness of the area under the foreskin glans penis circumcision is not guaranteed otherwise. The symptoms found in people who get cancer of the penis is the presence of sores on the penis, open sores on the penis, and felt pain in the penis and even bleeding from the penis. Usually this occurs at an advanced stage. Another feature is the wound that resemble pimples or warts on the penis. Treatment of penile cancer varies, depending on the location and severity of tumors. The first way is penektomi or cutting, may in part be also total. Rachmat illustrate, if penis length is 10 centimeters and the cancer is only the tip of his penis so the penis length was cut 2-3 centimeters. "But, if that had cancer three-fourths the length of the penis, what may make his penis should be cut out," he said. Another way might be chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Rachmat warned, this disease should not be underestimated by men. According to an alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, penile cancer is common in reproductive age, 30 years to 50 years. Although not common in men, in the year there were only 2-3 people who come to the hospital Dharmais, you, the men must be careful. "No significant indeed, but very disturbing because it involves the integrity of one's manliness," he concluded.