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a set of exercises designed to improve the strength of the muscles used in urinating.
one of a pair of organs whose primary function is to filter the fluids passing through the body.
a technique which allows the physician to observe internal organs directly through a piece of optical equipment inserted directly into the body through a small surgical incision.
insignificant or irrelevant, for example, latent prostate cancer (also known as incidental prostate cancer) is a form of prostate cancer which is of no clinical significance to the patient in whom it is discovered.
a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analog used in the palliative hormonal treatment of advanced prostate cancer and sometimes in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant hormonal treatment of earlier stages of prostate cancer.
see luteinizing hormone releasing hormone.
interest in sexual activity.
one of the two sides of an organ which clearly has two sides (e.g. the prostate or the brain).
restricted to a well defined area.
the U.S. trade or brand name of leuprolide acetate.
a hormone responsible for stimulating the production of testosterone in the body.
the clear fluid in which all of the cells in the body are constantly bathed, also known as the lymphatic fluid.
a surgical procedure in which the lymph nodes are dissected.
any of the many small structures that filter lymph and produce lymphocytes. Lymph nodes are concentrated in several areas of the body, such as the armpit, groin, and neck.
a white blood cell that normally makes up 25% of the total white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection. Lymphocytes aid in the protection of the body against illness.
