Parkview Hospital Cancer Center Topics . So would Marc Apple, MD, the radiation oncologist who implanted 92 tiny radioactive seeds in Veryl's prostate gland. The prostate gland, which is about the size of a walnut, is located deep in the pelvis between the bladder and rectal wall.
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men.
In Indiana it is estimated more than 6,800 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and 850 men will die from the disease. When cancer spreads beyond the prostate gland to lymph nodes or bone, there is no known cure. And in many cases this happens because men have delayed diagnosis and treatment by shying away from visiting their family physician. Many men are too embarrassed to ask their doctor for a digital rectal exam which is a quick, easy screening method used to detect prostate cancer. In January 1998, Veryl's wife, Susy, urged him to make an appointment with his family physician.