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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 Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- American Institute for Cancer Research http://www.aicr.org/
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Federal Citizen Information Center, GSA http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
- National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Aging Information Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.nia.nih.gov
- Cancer Care, Inc. http://www.cancercare.org/
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS http://cms.hhs.gov/
- American Foundation for Urologic Disease, Inc. http://www.afud.org/
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
Resources
- CancerResource (American Institute for Cancer Research)
- Cáncer de la próstataTratamiento - Pacientes (National Cancer Institute)
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