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orchiectomy [‚ȯr·kē′ek·tə·mē] (medicine) Surgical removal of one or both testes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Prostate cancer therapy often involves orchiectomy and pharmacologic intervention to diminishing availability of androgen at the androgen receptor tAR) within prostate cancer cells. Orchiectomy and "vulva" reconstruction were started with further surgery to wait until Joan (pseudonym) was older. The conclusions made by the ASCO expert panel on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is that the use of nonsteroidal anti-androgens can be looked at as an alternative to orchiectomy or drug treatment with luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonists (medical castration). |
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