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Prostate - About prostate cancer
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What is the prostate and what is its function?
Last updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
The prostate gland is more or less the size of a walnut and is situated behind the pubic bone in front of the rectum. The prostate produces most of the fluids in semen, including the fluid that nourishes and transports sperm.

 
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