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Orchiectomy for Prostate Cancer
Why It Is Done
Orchiectomy may help relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and prolong survival for Reference advanced prostate cancer Opens New Window. Radiation treatment is sometimes needed also.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: September 12, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology, Oncology |
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