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Objective: to describe the profile of patients with penile cancer. Methods: descriptive study with a quantitative approach. Clinical and epidemiological data of individuals with penile cancer residing in the state of Minas Gerais were evaluated. Inclusion criteria were data available in the system and incomplete data were excluded. An analysis of the data available in the hospital records of the Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA) was carried out in the most recent historical series, and a descriptive analysis of the data was performed. The study was carried out during the month of June 2022. Results: 573 cases of penile cancer were identified in the state of Minas Gerais in the historical series investigated. Most patients were between 50 and 74 years old (60.3%), 52.3% considered themselves brown and 36.1 white, the most common schooling was incomplete elementary school (53.4%), in married civil servant (56.0%), being the occupation as agricultural worker the most predominant (28.9%). The highest prevalence was squamous cell carcinoma (78.3%), accompanied by squamous cell carcinoma “in situ” (7.3%). In the TNM classification, the most frequent staging was 99 (50.0%), with surgery being the most commonly used therapeutic modality (60.3%). Conclusion: men with penile cancer were older, were married, brown and had a low level of education, often being agricultural workers. Being the most advanced carcinogenesis and the most commonly used surgery.