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Thursday, 03. April 2025

Immunotherapy in the Management of Penile Cancer—A Systematic Review.

Recent Publication


 

In a recent review, OA PD Dr Hossein Taghizadeh and Prim. Assoc. Prof. PD Dr Harun Fajkovic from St. Pölten University Hospital shed light on the use of immunotherapy for penile cancer - a rare cancer for which there are currently only limited treatment options, especially in advanced stages. They show that modern immunotherapies, so-called checkpoint inhibitors, can be effective in some patient groups - especially if certain biological characteristics such as HPV infection or PD-L1 expression are present. Combinations with existing therapies such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy could also open up new avenues in the future.

Taghizadeh, H., & Fajkovic, H. (2025). Immunotherapy in the Management of Penile Cancer—A Systematic Review. Cancers, 17(5), 883. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17050883

OA PD Dr. Hossein Taghizadeh MSc PhD

Division of Internal Medicine 1 (University Hospital St. Pölten)

Prim. Univ.-Prof. PD Dr. Harun Fajkovic MSc FEBU

Division of Urology and Andrology (University Hospital St. Pölten)