The prostate gland is found near the bladder in men, being responsible for producing a component of semen.

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Prostatitis is swelling and inflammation of the prostate gland, a walnut-sized gland located directly below the bladder in men.

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Nile opted for a radical prostatectomy - which removes the whole prostate gland.

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Surgery to remove the prostate gland offers the best chance of eliminating the disease but carries a risk of impotence and incontinence.

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In September of this year, driven by pain he could no longer ignore, he went to his doctor who discovered a rock-hard prostate gland.

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He also had surgery for an enlarged prostate gland in 1985.

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The current test, called PSA, is less than ideal and can cause men undue anxiety by showing up tumours in the prostate gland that might never go on to cause any health problem.

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David Cunningham and Gail ter Haar have used this technique to treat liver cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, while other groups in America, China and Japan, are using high-intensity sound to kill cancers in the prostate gland, uterus and brain.

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The prostate is a small, walnut-sized gland situated near the bladder in men which produces one of the components of semen.

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Or you can pick your poison, choosing between surgery to remove the prostate and one of two forms of radiation, external beam radiation and radioactive "seeds" implanted in the gland itself.

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