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Penile cancer.
 * This is a place to practice clicking the "edit" button and practice adding references (via the citation button).

Penile cancer.

Assignment # 3

 * Note: You will be emailing your assignment # 3 directly to your tutor, however, please paste a version here that excludes your personal information. This will allow us to support your efforts on Wikipedia prior to editing "live" in the article.

Wikipedia Assignment #3: Wikipedia Page Improvement Plan (Individual Assignment)

Proposed changes

“Adjuvant radiation therapy is recommended for treating late-stage penile cancer, such as when it has spread to nearby structures like the internal chambers of the penis, scrotum, pubic bone, and the prostate.[reference # here]”

This will replace the sentence in the “Treatment” section of the Wikipedia article discussing adjuvant radiation therapy.

Rationale for proposed changes

The current information about radiation therapy in the “Treatment” section of the Wikipedia page inaccurately discusses the use of radiation therapy during different stages of penile cancer. Radiation therapy is used as an adjuvant to surgery when the penile cancer has spread to nearby structures (T3 and T4). The current information in the page does not provide adequate information about when radiation therapy is indicated and what the goal of the treatment is.

Therefore, it is proposed that the sentence(s) discussing radiation therapy in the article be changed/replaced with a sentence providing specific, accurate details as to how radiation therapy is used in clinical practice.

Area of controversy

No controversy applicable.

Critique of source

·        The authors declared that no conflicts of interest exist. Therefore, no overt signs of bias or potential gain from this article can be established.

·        The article was written in Germany and the authors primarily cited European sources, such as European guidelines. While not inherently wrong, this may cause selection bias and issues with generalizability for other populations.

·        Strengths: cites and considers multiple guidelines for the treatment of penile cancer, and excluded articles before 2010 so the information is more relevant

·        Weaknesses: the review was not systematic

Article improvement

See Penile Cancer talk page for the proposed improvement

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page?

 * This will also be covered on Nov 23rd in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2020/Talk Page Template