Prostate cancer

About this data Source: Cancer Research/NHS Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer of UK men. The prostate is a small, walnut-sized gland situated near the bladder in men - it produces one component of semen. There are 35,000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the UK each year. If found early, while still confined to the gland itself, chances of survival are excellent, and modern surgical techniques, combined with drugs such as Viagra, mean that life-saving operations don't have to mean the end of sex lives. If prostate cancer is caught at a time when it is confined to the prostate, generally it can be cured by radiotherapy and surgery Professor Alan Horwich, Institute of Cancer Research Professor Alan Horwich, is based at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and the Institute of Cancer Research, where... [read full story]                    

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