{"id":2150,"date":"2017-12-15T08:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2017-12-22T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:34:07","slug":"curved-penis-may-increase-cancer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/curved-penis-may-increase-cancer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Curved penis may increase cancer risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curved penis may increase cancer risk<\/p>\n<div class=\"richsummary\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1295 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Caution-Sign.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Caution road sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Caution-Sign.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Caution-Sign.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"abstract\">Peyronie&#8217;s disease, where the penis is curved by scar tissue, may be associated with a heightened risk of cancer in men, new research suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with men with erectile dysfunction, men with PD had a 10% greater total risk of cancers, particularly those of the stomach, skin, and testes.<\/p>\n<p>How PD causes cancer is still not clear, but the researchers suggest genetics may have a role. More studies are needed to confirm the link and to better understand how PD leads to cancer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"takeawayheader\">Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"takeaways\">\n<li id=\"takeaway1\">New research suggests that Peyronie&#8217;s disease, in which scar tissue causes the penis to be curved, may be associated with an elevated risk of cancer in men.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway2\">Compared with men with erectile dysfunction, men with PD had a 10% greater total risk of cancers.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway3\">Further studies are needed to explain how PD causes cancer, but the researchers suggest genetics may play a role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"quote\">&#8220;When this was broken down, men with Peyronie&#8217;s had a 43 percent greater risk of stomach cancer, a 19 percent increased risk of melanoma, and a 39 percent increased risk of cancer of the testis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"readmoretext\">Read more: <\/span><a id=\"source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/319960.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/319960.php<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curved penis may increase cancer risk Peyronie&#8217;s disease, where the penis is curved by scar tissue, may be associated with a heightened risk of cancer in men, new research suggests. Compared with men with erectile dysfunction, men with PD had a 10% greater total risk of cancers, particularly those of the stomach, skin, and testes. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-2","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}