The Medical Minute: Treatment options for prostate cancer

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 16:28 in Health & Medicine

Prostate cancer develops in the glandular tissue of the male prostate, a reproductive gland situated below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The urinary sphincter (muscle that controls the flow of urine) is situated just below the prostate gland, and the nerves which allow a man to have an erection run on either side of the prostate. The prostate produces part of the fluid in semen.

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