Feasibility of Utilising Brushing Cytology and Dermoscopy for Diagnosing Penile Lesions

Overview

In an attempt to reduce patient flow into the hospital we are going to assess the use of penile cytological brushings and dermoscopy in diagnosing cancer or non-cancer conditions of the penis.

Currently the standard of care pathway for all patients suspected of having penile cancer involves the need for a penile biopsy under local (LA) or general anaesthetic (GA). We hope to assess the feasibility of cytololgical brushings and the patient experience of the use of such a technique. Additionally, we will make initial comparison on the concordance between cytological brushing and dermoscope photo vs actual biopsy only. Importantly for this study, all patients will be offered standard of care: a biopsy under LA or GA. The additional procedures of the cytological brushing and dermoscope photo will be done in an out-patient clinic setting (with no anaesthetic). If it can be shown that the inclusion of the cytological brushing and dermoscope photo have comparative results over current standard of care histological biopsy, this will provide sufficient evidence to expand this study to acquire more data.

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