Prostate structure and function

Prostate is a male sex gland. It creates thick liquid to form a part of semen. Prostate shape and size may Walnut. It is located below the bladder, in front of the rectum. Prostate surrounds the upper portion of urethra, bladder and urethra are emptying the pipeline urine. 

 Prostate androgen required to play a role. The main male hormone is testosterone, which is mainly manufactured by the testicles. Adrenal gland will produce a small amount of male hormones. 

 What is cancer? 

 Cancer is a group of more than 100 kinds of different diseases and have some of the same characteristics. They affect the body's basic unit - cells. When the cells become abnormal and uncontrolled self-splitting form more cancer cells arise. Understanding of normal cells and how they are turned into cancer, will be able to help the understanding of various types of cancer. 

 The body is composed of many types of cells composed of. Normal circumstances, the cell body when we are required to split when it will produce more cells. Such laws have split the process can help us stay healthy. 

 When our body cells do not need a new cell has continued to split the formation of a corporation that is extra organization. This organization is called the new organism, or the tumor, which may be benign or malignant. 

 Benign tumor is not cancer. It usually can be removed, and most will never happen again. The most important thing is benign does not spread to other parts of the body and rarely poses a threat to our lives. 

 Malignant tumors are cancer. Uncontrolled cancer will be split. They will assault and damage to surrounding healthy tissue. At the same time, cancer cells will also damage surrounding tissues from malignant tumors or organs into the blood or lymphatic system. This is how cancer cells spread from primary tumors other parts of the body approach. This spread of cancer is called metastasis. 

 BPH is benign prostatic hyperplasia cell abnormalities. Benign prostatic hyperplasia patients, his prostate and the president of the larger push to the urethra and bladder, obstruct normal urine discharge. In the United States has more than half of men between 60-70 years old and more than 90% in the 70-90 years old have benign prostatic hyperplasia symptoms. Although the symptoms rarely life-threatening, but it may require treatment to alleviate the symptoms. 

 Most of the cancer cells are the primary types and organ named. Primary cancer prostate is called primary prostate cancer. Prostate cancer may be confined to the prostate gland, or it may spread to nearby lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may also spread to the bones, bladder, rectum and other organs. 

 When the cancer spread to other parts of the body, the new tumor and primary tumor cells have the same pattern, so named the same, in fact it is only the transfer of primary tumor. If prostate cancer spread to bones, the cancer cells in the bone or prostate cancer cells. This lesion is called metastatic prostate cancer (not bone).