Primary seminal vesicle tumors are very rare; less than 100 cases have been reported in the English literature to date. Patients usually present with lower urinary tract symptoms or hematospermia.

The prostate is a gland that produces seminal fluid. The seminal vesicles, or two tubes in the pelvis, provide fructose. This sugar gives sperm the energy it needs to get to an egg. The purpose of ...

Expert answers to patients’ questions were offered as part of the CURE® Educated Patient® Prostate Cancer Summit.

Semen, or seminal fluid, is a mixture of fluid from the prostate, seminal vesicles and testicles. Normal semen parameters ...

Thus, for patients with pT3N0 disease who are at high risk for local failure after radical prostatectomy—owing to capsular rupture, positive margins or invasion of the seminal vesicles—and who ...

MRI is used to exclude direct extracapsular tumor extension or invasion into the seminal vesicles; if present, these would usually exclude patients from radical treatment (Figures 4–7).

The rest is prostate and seminal vesicle fluid," says Dr. Bobby Najari, a professor in urology. That means it's impossible to know the actual amount or quality of sperm in ejaculate — or the ...

The goal is to remove the tumor while preserving the bladder and its function. There are different surgical options depending ...

However, sperm only account for about 5% of ejaculate, with the rest being prostate and seminal vesicle fluid. This makes it impossible to assess sperm count, shape, or movement without a proper ...

Testosterone also stimulates sperm production in the seminiferous tubules and activates the prostate gland and seminal vesicles to produce their secretions. The release of testosterone is ...

The clinical target volume was defined as prostate only in low-risk patients or prostate plus proximal 1 cm of seminal vesicles in intermediate-risk patients. A planning target volume margin of 4 ...