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prostatectomy

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prostatectomy [‚präs·tə′tek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of all or part of the prostate.


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Urban-rural differences in prostate cancer mortally, radical prostatectomy and prostate-specific antigen testing in Australia, Medical Journal of Australia, 182:3, pp.
The only notable difference occurred for prostatectomy whereby patients in the high socio-economic group waited 4.
The typical treatment currently is radical prostatectomy, in which most or all of the diseased gland is surgically removed.
 
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