He fought to a grand finish. And at the end of the bout, he was right. He won, but it hadn't been easy. Despite the tough battle, the week after his radiation treatments ended, he flew to Switzerland, where he climbed mountains much smaller, he says, than those he'd faced during treatment. The prostate, a bundle of glands, is actually one of the body's great mysteries.
Researchers know the prostate produces a thick fluid that forms part of semen.
They also know the prostate can be a problem. Behind the penis, in front of the bladder and rectum, and surrounding the urethra, the walnut-sized prostate is in prime position to start trouble. It does just that in nearly every man over 45. In BPH, benign prostate cells begin to grow abnormally. A weak stream of urine is often the first sign a man's prostate may be enlarged.