Spiess Shares the Importance of Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Care in Penile Cancer

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In today’s episode, I spoke with Philippe Spiess, MD, about penile cancer for our Rare Cancers series. Dr Spiess is a genitourinary oncologist and the assistant chief of surgical services at the Moffitt Cancer Center, and full professor of oncology and urology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.

Penile is extremely rare in North America. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 2070 new diagnoses and 470 deaths from the disease in 2022.

Penile cancer is curable if caught early but, for a variety of reasons including lack of familiarity with the conditions, many patients present with advanced disease. Moreover, there is a lack of systemic treatments available and surgery is often described as “mutilating.” Because the disease is so rare, there is a lack of clinical research and, as a result, treatment hasn’t advanced in a decade.

In our interview, Dr Spiess talked about taking part of an international consortium that seeks to establish standard treatment for penile cancer, the ways shame interferes with diagnosis and treatment, and the complicated issues of gender and sexuality involved with this disease.

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