%0 Journal Article
%T Exposure to Penile Cancer: The View of Patients with Human Papillomavirus
%A Maria L¨˛cia Neto de Menezes
%A Maria das Neves Figueiroa
%A Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro
%A Evelliny da Silva Met¨Ždio
%A Renato Daniel Melo da Silva
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 4
%N 6
%P 1-11
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2017
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1103600
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">This is a cross-sectional epidemiological
study that analyzes knowledge about penile cancer among patients with human papillomavirus
(HPV), monitored at the Reference
Center for Urological Treatment of Arcoverde,
Pernambuco, Brazil. The population of this study consisted of 27 men with a medical
diagnosis of genital HPV infection within the period between 2008 and 2013. Age
ranged between 20 and 49 years-old and most men were brown-skinned, married, and had a low socioeconomic status;
also, most individuals were infected for more than 1 year and there was recurrence
of HPV infection. We identified t</span><span style="line-height:1.5;">hat 77.8% of the patients were unaware of the relationship
between HPV and penile cancer. In addition to HPV infection, smoking and unprotected
sex stood out as risk factors for penile cancer. The prevalence of penile cancer
in the sample was 4%. We concluded that HPV patients knew about penile cancer, but
they did not associate this disease with the need to adopt mutilating treatments.</span>
</div>
%K Penile Neoplasms
%K MenĄ¯s Health
%K Human Papillomavirus
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5285224