Can women get prostate cancer? Understanding the ‘female prostate’, its function, and the rare risk of Skene’s gland tumours | – Times of India
Most people learn in biology class that the prostate is unique to men. Yet human anatomy holds a small surprise: at the front wall of the vagina sits a pair of glands, the Skene’s glands, that share many features with the male prostate. They contain the same enzymes (prostate-specific antigen and PSA phosphatase), may swell…
