Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
radical prostatectomy

rad·i·cal pros·ta·tec·to·my [ rad-i-kuhl pros-tuh-tek-tuh-mee ]
Definitions related to radical prostatectomy:
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Surgery to remove the entire prostate. The two types of radical prostatectomy are retropubic prostatectomy (surgery through an incision in the wall of the abdomen) and perineal prostatectomy (surgery through an incision between the scrotum and the anus).NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The surgical removal of all of the prostate as well as some surrounding tissue, including lymph nodes.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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