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Male Anatomy The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system. Its main function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly basic fluid that constitutes up to one-third of the volume of semen. The prostate differs considerably between species anatomically, chemically, and physiologically. A healthy human prostate is slightly larger than a walnut. It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It is located in front of the rectum and can be felt durin ...
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Prostate News Headlines
- Test can better identify prostate cancer
MSNBC - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:55 EST
- Prostate Cancer: Radiation Not Best
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49 EST
- False-positive prostate tests cause worry
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:11 EST
- External Radiation for Prostate Cancer May Have Lower Survival Rate
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Some prostate cancer treatments better than others
Reuters - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:27 EST
- High-Dose Calcitriol Plus Docetaxel Compared With Placebo Plus Docetaxel In Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- "False-Positive" Prostate Cancer Screenings Assessed
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Therapy May Increase Risk Of Death From Heart Disease In Older Men
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Green Tea And COX-2 Inhibitors Combine To Slow Growth Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Reactions To 'False-positive' Prostate Cancer Screenings Assessed
ScienceDaily - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Inhibitory Effect Of Snake Venom Toxin From On Hormone-Refractory Human Prostate Cancer Cell Growth
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Weekly Docetaxel And Prednisolone Versus Prednisolone Alone In Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Study
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Toremifene claimed to be useful in prostate cancer
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:41 EST
- Taxotere® (docetaxel) Significantly Improves The Survival Of Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Green Tea And COX-2 Inhibitors Combine To Slow Growth Of Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Second Prostate Biopsy? Researcher Finds Way To Identify Which Men Need One
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:16 EST
- Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Green Tea And COX-2 Inhibitors Combine To Slow Growth Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Body Mass Index, Weight Change, And Risk Of Prostate Cancer In The Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Long Term Results Confirm The Survival Benefit Of Taxotere®-based Treatment In Patients With Metastatic Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Side-Effects Of Treatment For Localized Prostate Cancer: Are They Valued Differently By Patients And Healthy Controls?
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- VA Researcher Finds Way To Identify Which Men Need A Second Biopsy
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Therapy May Increase Risk Of Death From Heart Disease In Older Men
ScienceDaily - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Men with prostate cancer optimistic
The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:24 EST
- Androgen Receptor Decoy Molecules Block The Growth Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Study Shows Cough Medicine Effective Against Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- The Utility Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Spectroscopy For Predicting Insignificant Prostate Cancer: An Initial Analysis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Urodynamix Announces Positive Results From NIRS Prostate Study 2
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
MedicineNet - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Relevance Of Prostate-Specific Antigen Nanotest Compared To The Classical PSA Test In Organized Mass Screening Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Phase 2 Results Of Genasense(R) Plus Chemotherapy In Advanced Prostate Cancer Reported At Cancer Conference
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Baptist And UroCenter To Participate In Prostate Cancer Clinical Study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Breast, Prostate Cancer Resources Now Available In Spanish
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Preclinical Efficacy Data On Medivation's MDV3100 To Be Presented At ASCO-sponsored Prostate Cancer Symposium
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Satraplatin Data Presentation At The American Society Of Clinical Oncology Prostate Cancer Symposium
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Cancer Treatment Targets Tumor Blood Supply In Patients
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Tests May Spot Most Deadly Prostate Cancers
MedicineNet - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Dendreon Announces FDA's Cellular, Tissue And Gene Therapies Advisory Committee To Review Provenge(R) For The Treatment Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Men With Prostate Cancer More Optimistic After Several Years Of Treatment Than At Diagnosis, Reveals Global Survey
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Variation In The Definition Of Biochemical Recurrence In Patients Treated For Localized Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Cell Genesys And Medarex Announce Encouraging Follow-Up Results From A Phase 1 Combination Therapy Trial For Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Class Of Targeted Cancer Drugs Shows Promise In Slowing The Progression Of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Colorectal screening effective, underused
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:51 EST
- New Class Of Targeted Cancer Drugs Shows Promise In Slowing Progression Of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Device aids older men with leaky bladder
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
- Selenium may cut prostate cancer risk in some men
Reuters - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:24 EST
- A Healthy Colon: Tips To Lower Risk Of Colorectal Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion Of NDA Filing For Satraplatin For Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Veggies for Enlarged Prostate Risk
MedicineNet - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Biomarker measures severity of prostate disease
Reuters - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:46 EST
- Radiation information available in Spanish
The Earth Times - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:19 EST
- Gene Elevating Breast Cancer Risk Also Causes Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Way to identify need for second biopsy
The Earth Times - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:18 EST
- The Prognostic Role Of A Gene Signature From Tumorigenic Breast-Cancer Cells
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- National Prostate Cancer Coalition Launches Clinical Trial Education Program
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Severe Form Of 'Enlarged Prostate' Disease Discovered
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:09 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
MSNBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:16 EST
- Survival Associated With Treatment Vs. Observation Of Localized Prostate Cancer In Elderly Men
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Severe Form Of 'Enlarged Prostate' Disease Discovered
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Veggies for Enlarged Prostate Risk
WebMD - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Prevalence Of Prostate Cancer Among Hypogonadal Men With Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels Of 4.0 Ng/mL Or Less
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Swedish Cancer Institute First In The World To Offer GPS For The Body(R) To Assist With Precision-Guided Prostate Cancer Treatments
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Schizophrenia tied to low prostate cancer risk
Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:38 EST
- Prostate radiation seed implants effective
The Earth Times - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:35 EST
- Effect Of 1 Mg/day Finasteride On Concentrations Of Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen In Men With Androgenic Alopecia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Patients See High Survival Rates With Seed Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Ciphergen Announces Issuance Of European Patent Covering A Method For Aiding Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Sunshine Pill For Prostate Cancer In 2009?
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- International Study Points To New Breast Cancer-Susceptibility Gene
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Patients See High Survival Rates With Seed Implants
ScienceDaily - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Enlarged prostate, two disorders
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:41 EST
- Cancer Breakthrough: First Treatment To Directly Target Tumor Supply
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Tall men at risk for prostate enlargement: study
Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:25 EST
- Management Of Severe Urethral Complications Of Prostate Cancer Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
- Adjuvant Radiotherapy For Pathologically Advanced Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- International Study Points To New Breast Cancer-susceptibility Gene
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Eat Well, Get Fit, Stop Smoking -- Prevent Cancer
ScienceDaily - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- International Multi-centre Research Group Finds Genetic Defect Contributing To Cancer Susceptibility
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Tomatoes and broccoli slow prostate tumors in rats
Reuters - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:17 EST
- Tomatoes and broccoli slow prostate tumors in rats
Reuters - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:43 EST
- Practice Patterns In Screening And Management Of Prostate Cancer In Elderly Men
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
- No Link Between Viral Findings In The Prostate And Subsequent Cancer Development
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:00 EST
- Mayo Clinic Surgeons Propose New Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2b Trial For Ozarelix In Patients With Benign Prostate Hypertrophy
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Vitamin pill for prostate cancer
BBC - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:49 EST
- Model identifies low-risk prostate cancer
Reuters - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:38 EST
- Mayo Clinic Chest Surgeons Propose New Patient-Centered Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Worried About Prostate Cancer? Tomato-broccoli Combo Shown To Be Effective
ScienceDaily - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Call For Better Prostate Cancer Biopsies
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Tomato-broccoli diet effective in halting prostate cancer
The Earth Times - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:24 EST
- Sunshine Pill For Prostate Cancer In 2009
ScienceDaily - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Tomato-Broccoli Combo Shown To Be Effective In Shrinking Prostate Tumours
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- Excess Weight And Adult Weight Gain Increase Risk Of Dying From Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Cancer therapy 'shortens penises'
BBC - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:13 EST
- Men With No Sons More At Risk For Prostate Cancer, According To New Study
ScienceDaily - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Leukemia drug may help in halting spread of prostate cancer
The Earth Times - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:08 EST

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