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Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer
by Patrick C. Walsh, Janet Farrar Worthington
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Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (August 01 2002)
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What the prostate does
What is the prostate? The prostate is a small, and probably expendable, organ. Men can live quite comfortably without it. The prostate's biggest job, as far as we know, is to provide part of the fluid that makes up semen.

What the prostate does
What is the prostate? The prostate is a small, and probably expendable, organ. Men can live quite comfortably without it. The prostate's biggest job, as far as we know, is to provide part of the fluid that makes up semen.

The Prostate's Strategic Location
Welcome to Grand Central Station-the prostate, the bustling, walnut-sized hub at the crossroads of a man's urinary and reproductive tracts. What makes such a small, relatively obscure gland so important to men? The answer is not immediately obvious


About the Author

Janet Farrar Worthington

Janet Farrar Worthington is a science writer and commentator on American Public Radio..

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Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.

Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., urologist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital and director of the Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is the surgeon who created the Nerve-Sparing Technique (also known as the Walsh procedure), which has made it possible to preserve potency in men who lose their prostate..

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