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Orchiectomy

Known as: Male Gonadectomy, Orchidectomy, Orchidectomy NOS 
The surgical removal of one or both testicles.
National Institutes of Health

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CastrationEducational aspectsEndocrine systemGenitourinary system

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ExcisionMale CastrationOperative Surgical ProceduresTestis

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Risk-adapted treatment of clinical stage 1 non-seminoma testis cancer.
Review
1993
Review
1993
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of carcinoma in situ of the testis.
Despite the high cure rate in men with testicular cancer, efforts should be made to diagnose the disease at the preinvasive stage… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Quality of life in patients with prostatic cancer a feasibility study
Background. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the need to include parameters representing the patients… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Prostate specific antigen values after radical retropubic prostatectomy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate: impact of adjuvant treatment (hormonal and radiation)
Review
1990
Review
1990
Testicular sparing surgery for prepubertal teratoma of the testis: a clinical and pathological study.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Kinetics of the formation and removal of cisplatin-DNA adducts in blood cells and tumor tissue of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: comparison with in vitro adduct formation.
During chemotherapy with a cisplatin-containing combination of drugs, 217 blood samples from 30 cancer patients were analyzed for… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Paratesticular sarcoma in childhood and adolescence: A report from the intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma studies I and II, 1973–1983
This article reports on the diagnostic features, radiographic findings, staging, operative management, treatments, and treatment… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulation of its own pituitary receptors: evidence for biphasic regulation.
To determine whether pituitary gonadotroph desensitization is a consequence of loss of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Effects of orchidectomy and testosterone replacement treatment on pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in the adult rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
The effect of bilateral orchidectomy and subsequent replacement treatment with testosterone (T) on the intermittent pattern of LH… 
Highly Cited
1940
Highly Cited
1940
The Effect of Castration on Benign Hypertrophy of the Prostate in Man11This investigation was supported by a grant from the Committee on Research in Problems of Sex of the National Research Council.
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