ok well my bff just found out that her grandpa has prostate cancer. we were wondering...what exactly is prostate cancer??
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Overview: Prostate Cancer What Is Prostate Cancer? The prostate (pros-tate) is a gland found only in men. As shown in the picture below, the prostate is just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It is about the size of a walnut. The tube that carries urine (the urethra) runs through the prostate. The prostate contains cells that make some of the fluid (semen) that protects and nourishes the sperm. The prostate begins to develop before birth and keeps on growing until a man reaches adulthood. Male hormones (called androgens) cause this growth. If male hormone levels are low, the prostate gland will not grow to full size. In older men, though, the part of the prostate around the urethra may keep on growing. This causes BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) which can result in problems with urinating. But BPH is not cancer. Prostate Cancer Although there are several cell types in the prostate, nearly all prostate cancers start in the gland cells. This kind of cancer is known as adenocarcinoma (add-uh-no-car-suh-NO-muh). The rest of this information refers only to prostate adenocarcinoma. Most of the time, prostate cancer grows slowly. Autopsy studies show that many older men (and even younger men) who died of other diseases also had prostate cancer that never caused a problem during their lives. These studies showed that 7 or 8 out of 10 men had prostate cancer by age 80. But neither they nor their doctors even knew they had it. Try these sites..... www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_prostate_cancer_3 www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/guide/prostate-cancer-overview I hope this helps.
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it is cancer... in your prostate. Actually your a girl so i hope you don't have a prostate but i think that means your friends grandpa can't jiz. am i wrong.
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hello, if you want read something about prostate cancer i just come accross this blog which may help you http://the-prostate-cancer-treatment.blogspot.com http://latest-treatment-on-prostate-cancer.blogspot.com
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To answer your question, its a cancer in the male part of the body... You should get your grandfather a book called YOU CAN BEAT PROSTATE CANCER...It tells all about prostate cancer and outlines all the treatments available with their pluses and minuses.. IT was written by a cancer survivor... Robert J. Marckini,... I have also had prostate cancer and had the same cancer treatment he had It is called Proton Radiation.. it is not like conventional radiation.. It has no side effects... you dont get sick or have problems from the treatments.. and it has a 90% cure rate.. I believe it is the best Prostate cancer treatment available.. If your grandfather uses the computer have him go to a website called Proton Bob... and read the information there..It tells about the treatment and where it is available... Be sure he reads the testimonial section from former Proton Radiation patients... good luck
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