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orchiectomy

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orchiectomy [‚ȯr·kē′ek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of one or both testes.


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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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