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(PROS-tuh-TEK-toh-mee)
| | An operation to remove part or all of the prostate. Radical (or total) prostatectomy is the removal of the entire prostate and some of the tissue around it. |
| Previous Definitions: | ProstaScint scan, prostate, prostate cancer, prostate-specific antigen, prostate-specific antigen test | | Next Definitions: | prostatic acid phosphatase, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, prostatitis, prostatocystectomy, prosthesis |
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