Facts about the prostate gland. The prostate gland is about the size of a walnut. It's located just below the bladder and it surrounds the urethra (a tube that carries urine and semen out of the body).The prostate is partly muscular and partly glandular, with ducts opening into the prostatic portion of the urethra.unction of the prostate gland. As part of the male reproductive system, the prostate glandâs main purpose is to secrete a slightly alkaline fluid that forms part of the seminal fluid, a fluid that carries sperm.
The term balneotherapy refers to any spa treatment that you might get that is associated with water, assuming there is a medical benefit to the treatment.
Definition of Radiotherapy. Radiotherapy: The treatment of disease with ionizing radiation. Also called radiation therapy. In radiotherapy, high-energy rays are often used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing. A specialist in the radiation treatment of cancer is called a radiation oncologist. Like surgery, radiation therapy is a local treatment; it affects cancer cells only in the treated area.