All > Healthcare > Medicine > Cancer

• (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.

  National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
  ×

  Cite Definition for prostatectomy

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  prostatectomy. (n.d.). Dictionary of Cancer Terms. Retrieved June 10, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/prostatectomy.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  prostatectomy. www.cancer.gov. Dictionary of Cancer Terms. National Cancer Institute. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/prostatectomy (accessed: June 10, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "prostatectomy." Dictionary of Cancer Terms. National Cancer Institute. 10 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/prostatectomy.

• Browse Related Terms: cystectomy, cystoprostatectomy, cystourethrectomy, distal pancreatectomy, hepatectomy, laparotomy, omentectomy, pancreatectomy, partial cystectomy, perineal prostatectomy, prostatectomy, prostatocystectomy, ptosis, quadrantectomy, radical cystectomy, radical perineal prostatectomy, radical prostatectomy, radical retropubic prostatectomy, retropubic prostatectomy, segmental cystectomy, segmentectomy, total pancreatectomy