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A comparison of lycopene and orchidectomy vs orchidectomy alone in the management of advanced prostate cancer

BJU International, 2003
OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of lycopene plus orchidectomy with orchidectomy alone in the management of advanced prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty‐four patients with histologically confirmed metastatic prostatic cancer ...
M S Ansari
exaly   +3 more sources

Feelings of loss and uneasiness or shame after removal of a testicle by orchidectomy: a population-based long-term follow-up of testicular cancer survivors

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2011
P>Few data illustrate the man's reaction to orchidectomy. We investigated long-lasting feelings of loss and uneasiness or shame about the body after removal of a testicle by orchidectomy.
Gunnar Steineck, Eva Cavallin-Ståhl, U Stierner   +2 more
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Orchidectomy in a rural African population

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1980
From 1971 to 1977 in Zaria, Nigeria, orchidectomy was performed on 341 men, mostly in the third to sixth decades of life. The testis itself was diseased only in 21% of cases. Torsion of the spermatic cord with testicular infarction occurred in 11% and cancer was present in less than 2%.
O A, Mabogunje, D J, Grundy, J H, Lawrie
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Immunological Effects of Orchidectomy

British Journal of Urology, 1975
Summary Orchidectomy caused a non‐specific increase of immunological reactivity in mice evidenced by accelerated rejection of skin allografts, increased response to oxazolone and sheep erythrocytes. These changes were associated with an increase of thymic size.
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Tips and Tricks: Evolution of Orchidectomy

European Urology Focus
Radical orchidectomy has been the standard surgery for testicular tumours. While a straightforward routine surgery, there are several finer points in the surgical technique and perioperative care that urologists should be familiar with. This mini-review discusses modifications to the conventional surgical approach such as organ-sparing surgery and the ...
Nathan Lawrentschuk, Jianliang Liu, Zhenbang Liu   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Orchidectomy and the immune response I. Effect of orchidectomy on lymphoid tissues of mice

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 1974
Abstract The effects of pre- and postpuberal orchidectomy on the lymphoid tissues of mice have been studied. Prepuberal orchidectomy delayed the normal rate of thymic involution and caused relative hypertrophy of the thymus which was maximal 1 month after surgery.
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Ovariectomy/Orchidectomy in Rodents

2011
This chapter describes the surgical procedures for ovariectomy and orchidectomy in mice and rats. In -addition to providing technical details of the surgical techniques, details of anaesthesia and perioperative care are also included.
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TECHNIC FOR ORCHIDECTOMY

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1926
Pessimism is frequently the keynote in prognosis when tuberculosis attacks the male genitalia. Part of this pessimism arises from the fact that individuals who have genital tuberculosis usually have the same malady elsewhere, notably in the lungs. Another cause for apprehension arises from the fact that the extent of the disease in the genitalia either
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Orchidectomy and the immune response. III. The effect of orchidectomy on tumour induction and transplantation in mice

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 1974
Abstract The effects of orchidectomy in Balb C mice on the induction and transplantation of tumours which are not obviously hormone dependent were studied. Orchidectomy prolongs the interval between subcutaneous injection of methylcholanthrene and appearance of subcutaneous sarcoma.
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Orchidectomy

BMJ, 1954
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