What is prostate cancer?

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It is something that my father has and is dying from because the doctors didn't find it in time :(

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Cancer of the prostate gland.

The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that makes and stores seminal fluid, a milky liquid that nourishes sperm. Located below the bladder and in front of the rectum, the prostate encircles the upper part of the urethra, the tube that empties urine from the bladder. The gland helps regulate both bladder control and normal sexual functioning.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. This year, 230,110 new cases and 29,900 deaths are expected. The ratio of newly diagnosed cases to prostate cancer deaths shows that although the disease is lethal for some, most men die with rather than from their cancers

Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in a man's prostate gland. The prostate sits just below the bladder. It makes part of the fluid for semen. In young men, the prostate is about the size of a walnut. It usually grows larger as you grow older.
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I am a nurse for over 20 yrs

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