The word orchiectomy, popped into my head more than a few times -- it means removal of testicals -- to be followed by implants and replacement testosterone. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: microlithiasis, testicles and effing googling] Reference
Bert's balls were cut off in an unnecessary orchiectomy. From Wordnik.com. [Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Happy Birthday, Peggy!] Reference
I assume it's the latter in which case the orchiectomy isn't going to be very effective. From Wordnik.com. ["Having his testicles removed, he said, was like draining the gasoline from a car hard-wired to crash."] Reference
It ` s a surgical procedure called an orchiectomy where the testes are removed from the scrotum. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 4, 2005] Reference
Treatment with LH-RH agonists is as effective as orchiectomy and offers the advantage of avoiding castration. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew V. Schally - Autobiography] Reference
Huggins (Nobel Prize in Medicine for 1966), used since the 1930s, included orchiectomy or administration of estrogens (DBS). From Wordnik.com. [Andrew V. Schally - Autobiography] Reference
The only treatment for testicular cancer is radical inguinal orchiectomy, the treatment is apply even if there is no cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly Bundy’s boobs] Reference
Through the effect of the orchiectomy, the castrato singer retained the ring, the freshness, and the carrying power of the boy's voice. From Wordnik.com. [Sounds Romantic: The Castrato and English Poetics Around 1800] Reference
He was the doctor who performed Cooper's orchiectomy, so Roger's joke about being overtaken by the Japanese clients was one only Cooper could get. From Wordnik.com. [Mad Men Episode Recap: "The Suitcase"] Reference
About half of them were treated with androgen deprivation therapy - most with medication (gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists) and some with surgery to remove testicles (orchiectomy). From Wordnik.com. [Study: Treatment for prostate cancer may increase risk of colorectal cancer] Reference
For MTFs, SRS usually includes vaginoplasty and / or orchiectomy. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He underwent left radical orchiectomy for a pathological stage T1 nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The survivors are all around us: The woman sitting beside you on the bus whose breast cancer was treated with a double mastectomy; the lawyer and colorectal cancer survivor pleading a case wearing a colostomy bag; the hockey player and testicular cancer survivor who has undergone orchiectomy. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
What's worst, Alberta seems to have jumped on the bandwagon that categorically prevents coverage for treatment of gender identity disorder when the majority of these treatments (breast augmentation or removal, hormone therapy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and salpingectomy) are covered for other medical conditions. From Wordnik.com. Reference
(bilateral orchiectomy) is associated with psychological impact and estrogens such as DES have serious cardiovascular, hepatic and mammotropic side effects. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew V. Schally - Autobiography] Reference
It’s a broadly comic and often giddy take on the history of the castrati, the group of young men who typically underwent an orchiectomy in their youth in order to preserve the quality of their high voices, enabling them to appear as heroes and lovers in Baroque operas throughout Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Gods and Monsters] Reference
DEPOT) and a 12-week long-acting formulation (TRELSTAR (R) LA), offering an alternative treatment for prostate cancer when orchiectomy (removal of the testicles) or estrogen administration are either not indicated or unacceptable to the patient. From Wordnik.com. [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories] Reference
That is far wore that the other case (almost only way to diagnostic) http://www. webmd.com/cancer/radical-inguinal-orchiectomy-for-testicular-cancer#zr1030. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly Bundy’s boobs] Reference
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