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| androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) |
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| surgical (orchiectomy) or medical castration (ex., with a luteinizing hormone relasing hormone agonists) |
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| benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) |
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| noncancerous enlargement or hypertrophy of the prostate; the most common pathologic condition in older men |
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| delivery of radiation therapy through internal implants called seeds to a localized area of tissue |
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| excision of the foreskin, or prepuce, of the glans penis |
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| cryosurgery of the prostate |
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| localized treatment of the prostate by application of freezing temperatures |
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| surgical creation of an opening into the urinary bladder |
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| most common congenital defect in males; characterized by failure of one or both of the testes to descend into the scrotum |
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| infection of the epididymis that usually descends from an infected prostate or urinary tract; also may develop as a complication of gonorrhea |
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| also called impotence; the inability to either achieve or maintain an erection sufficient to accomplish sexual intercourse |
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| a collection of fluid, generally in the tunica vaginalis of the testis, although it also may collect within the spermatic cord |
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| minimally invasive therapy |
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| treatments such as laparoscopic and robotic prostatectomy, cryotherapy, and high-intensity focused ultrasound; are less invasive than other procedures with less morbidity, lower blood loss, and more rapid recovery |
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| surgical removal of one or both of the testes |
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| inflammation of the testes (testicular congestion) caused by pyogenic, viral, spirochetal, parasitic, traumatic, chemical, or unknown factors |
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| malignancy that can involve the glans, the body of the penis, the urethra, and regional or distant lymph nodes |
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| buildup of fibrous plaques in the sheath of the corpus cavernosum, causing curvature of the penis when it is erect |
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| condition in which the foreskin is constricted so that it cannot be retracted over the glans; can occur congenitally or from inflammation and edema |
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| an uncontrolled, persistent erection of the penis from either neural or vascular causes, including medications, sickle cell thrombosis, leukemic cell infiltration, spinal cord tumors, and tumor invasion of the penis or its vessels |
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| a common type of cancer in ment; involves the prostate gland |
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| open or laparoscopic surgical removal of the entire prostate, the prostate urethra, the attached seminal vesicles plus the ampulla of the vas deferens |
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| prostate-specific antigen (PSA) |
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| substance that is produced by the prostate gland; is used in combination with digital rectal examination to screen for prostate cancer |
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| obstructive and irritative symptom complex that includes increased frequency and hesitancy in starting urination, a decrease in the volume and force of the urinary stream, acute urinary retention, and recurrent urinary tract infections |
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| inflammation of the prostate gland caused by infectious agents (bacteria, fungi, mycoplasma) or various other problems (ex. urethral stricture, prostatic hyperplasia) |
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| production of sperm in the testes |
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| cancer of one or both testes |
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| male sex hormone secreted by the testes; induces and preserves the male sex characteristics |
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| transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) |
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| resection of the prostate through endoscopy; the surgical and optical instrument is introduced directly through the urethra to the prostate, and the gland is then removed in small chips with an electrical cutting loop |
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| an abnormal dilation of the veins of the pampiniform venous plexus in the scrotum |
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| also called male sterilization; ligation and transection of part of the vas deferens, with or without removal of a segment of the vas, to prevent the passage of the sperm from the testes |
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