It makes up only a small portion of penile cancers.
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Basal cell carcinomaīasal cell carcinoma (also known as basal cell cancer) is another type of skin cancer that can develop on the penis. For more information about melanoma and its treatment, see Melanoma Skin Cancer. Only a very small portion of penile cancers are melanomas. Melanomas are most often found in sun-exposed skin, but rarely they occur in other places like the penis. They're more dangerous than the more common basal and squamous cell types of skin cancer. These cancers tend to grow and spread quickly. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that starts in melanocytes, the cells that make the brownish color in the skin that helps protect it from the sun.
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As blood fills the chambers, the spongy tissue expands and the penis stiffens and gets longer. To get an erection, nerves signal a man's body to store blood in the vessels inside the corpora cavernosa.