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Symptoms of penile cancer include what kind of penis changes?
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Ulcer, nodule: Penile cancers often occur at the junction of the glans and body. Symptoms may be thickening of the skin, uleration, bleeding, nodule formation and color chage.
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What produces penile cancer how long till the penis has to be amputated?
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