Monday, May 24, 2010

What does the pituitary gland have to do with prostate cancer

what does the pituitary gland have to do with prostate cancer?

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1 :
pituitary gland is responsible for the reproductive organs in males, essentially, if the pituitary gland stops working, chaos.
2 :
As Katy C answered, the pituitary gland is in charge of releasing hormones, both in males and females. Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that affects a part of the male sex-organ system; the prostate is in charge of making part of the fluid in semen. Hormones are required for producing semen, and thus comes in the pituitary gland. Without the pituitary gland, the prostate would have no spark to get it going: hormones.
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It is a bit complicated, but this link explains it. In a short simple form, the pituitary gland initiates a sequence of events that ends in the production of testosterone. Testosterone can make the cells of prostate cancer grow and reproduce more quickly. I learned quite a lot about this sort of thing when my husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer.






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