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encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine




Disease penile cancer
Comorbidity C0031538|phimosis
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PubMedID- 21687572 Penile lichen sclerosis (also termed balanitis xerotica obliterans (bxo)), an inflammatory disorder that can lead to meatal stenosis or phimosis, is associated with penile cancer (reviewed in [10]).
PubMedID- 21687574 The relative risk of penile cancer among men with phimosis was 64.6 [3, 6].
PubMedID- 22373281 For example, meta-analyses found phimosis increases risk of penile cancer 12-fold (8 studies), balanitis 3.8-fold (4 studies) and smegma 3.0-fold (4 studies) [54].

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