Metastases to prostatic cancer,showing swollen lymph nodes in the left groin. Carcinoma of the prostate typically affects elderly men. An accessory male sex gland,it opens into the urethra below the bladder & vas deferens,secreting an alkaline fluid that forms part of the semen released during ejaculation. The prostate may become enlarged with increasing age,causing obstruction to the neck of the bladder & impairing urination. The growth of prostate cancer & its metastases is hormone-dependent,& may regress & lie dormant following orchidectomy (castration) or after treatment with oestrogens,which suppress testicular activity | |
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