Penile cancer causes the British Army to have an organ amputated

British Army warrant officer had his penis amputated after doctors misdiagnosed him with cancer three times

A British serviceman named Gavin Brooks had to have his penis amputated after doctors misdiagnosed him with cancer three times, believing it was just a genital wart. The second lieutenant’s family has already raised more than R$ 210,000 through virtual crowdfunding.

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The man resorted to military medics three times in 2021 after the appearance of a skin lesion around the foreskin. The medical community thought it was lichen scleroatrophicus, a disorder that tends to be itchy and can scar the area around the anus and genitals.

Four weeks later, seeing that the lesion hadn’t disappeared, the soldier looked for another doctor, who thought it was candidiasis and prescribed a cream. With symptoms persisting, Brooks visited a sexual health clinic and was referred to a dermatologist, who performed a biopsy of his penis. It was only then that the cancer diagnosis came up.

Brooks underwent an operation, in which part of his penis was removed. According to the patient himself, doctors cut the organ in half and took a skin graft from his leg to perform the reconstruction. But even with the operation, the cancer had spread and he needed another surgery in April to remove lymph nodes in his groin.

In July, the soldier started chemotherapy, which didn’t work at first, then the cancer spread to other parts of his body. He is currently undergoing a second round of chemotherapy and is seeking other treatments not offered by the NHS.

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The Health Ministry warns that the disease is associated with poor intimate hygiene, human pipolmavirus (HPV) infection and men who have not undergone circumcision, removal of the foreskin, the skin covering the glans penis. Early diagnosis is essential to prevent tumor progression and subsequent total penile amputation.

The main signs and symptoms of penile cancer are persistent sores and ulcers, but other symptoms may appear, such as a tumor in the glans penis, the skin covering the head of the penis or in the shaft of the penis, white discharge (smegma), and abnormal growth of the penile head tissue.

Source: daily email; Ministry of Health

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