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What is the definition or description of: penile cancer?
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A penile skin cancer: Most penile cancers arise in the skin of the penis from the squamous cell layer (surface.) the pathology is typically a squamous cell cancer. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/penile.
Answered 6/20/2015
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Not a common: Cancer. Occurs more commonly in uncircumcized, older men; usually on the glans rather than the shaft, starts and looks like a sore or even chancre, but biopsy shows malignant squamous cells. Viral origin postulated and being investigated.
Answered 1/29/2013
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