Carcinoma of the penis in the West Indies: a Trinidad study

In the period 1975-1983 40 cases of histologically proven penile cancers were observed. Although penile cancer is relatively common in the Indians of India and the negro population of our Caribbean neighbour Jamaica, this study shows that it is quite infrequent among both the Indians and negroes living in Trinidad. This is due probably to better socioeconomic conditions in our population.