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Written by Paul B. at 09 Oct 2001 14:47:02: Re: Cancer on penis?
As an answer to: Cancer on penis? written by Simy at 07 Oct 2001 21:47:54:
> If there is a bump on glans,would people with phimosis feel it if they can't retract foreskin.
Indeed they might not, which is a particularly good reason why anyone with phimosis should proceed to rectify the condition, either by progressive stretching exercises, which I seem to recall discussing in the replies to this post, or if a more immediate "fix" is demanded, preputioplasty.
> If it is malignant does it always spread on the other part of the penis (stageII, stageIII, stageIV)?
These are pretty technical questions, in general it tends to spread, stage by stage.
> Does it show symptoms on other parts of the penis if the cancer is spread
It certainly would.
> or does penis just goes on with cancer showing no signs and then penis die?
Generally not. Penile cancer is AFAIK, generally squamous skin cancer so it tends to spread along the skin and be readily visible. If it is ignored, it can by all means metastasise to other areas of the body, but it is almost always quite obvious before this happens. However, it is often associated with poor penile hygiene and advanced cases frequently in elderly, demented men who simply cannot look after themselves.
And it is improbable that the penis itself will simply "die".
Now it is important to remember that penile cancer is firstly, very uncommon, and particularly so under the age of 40 or 50 years, so none of the above discussion is of any relevance to young people, who might have various problems, but virtually never penile cancer.