It usually refers to hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, or radiation added after surgery to increase the chances of curing the disease or keeping it in check. Their main function is to produce hormones which control metabolism, fluid balance, and blood pressure.
General anesthesia causes loss of consciousness with local anesthesia numbing a certain area.
Also known as benign prostate hypertrophy. Seminal fluid collects in the bulbous urethra before ejaculation. Prostate cancer begins to invade other parts of the body when a growing tumor breaks through the prostate capsule. Prostate cancer is a form of carcinoma. Such drugs are either injected or taken orally and often produce side effects.