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Prostate Cancer Glossary
Over 800 words, slang, synonyms, acronyms & abbreviations

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3DCRT
3DEBRT
3-dimensional
3-dimensional radiation
3DXBRT
5AR
5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone
5-alpha-reductase

A
AAH
AAT
AAWR
Abarelix
abdomen
ablate, ablation
acetate
acini, acinus, acinar
acute
adenoma, adenomatous
adenocarcinoma
adjunctive therapy
adjuvant therapy
adrenal
adrenal gland
adrenalectomy
adrenaline
adrenergic
ADT, ADT2, ADT3
advanced cancer
AFP
A (continued)

AFUD
AG
agent studies
aggressive
agonist
AIPC, AIPCa
AJCC
alendronate sodium
alkaline phosphatase
alkalyting agents
alpha-adrenergic blocker
alpha blockers
alpha-fetoprotein
alpha receptors
alprostadil
Alprox-TD
alternative medicine
American Foundation for Urologic Disease
American Joint Committee on Cancer
aminoglutethimide
analgesics
analog, analogue
Anandron
anaplasia, anaplastic
anastomosis
andrenergic
Androcur
androgen, adrogenic
androgen ablation therapy
androgen deprivation therapy
androgenic
androgen-independent prostate cancer
anemia
aneuploid
A (continued)

angio-
angiogenesis
angioinvasion
angiolymphatic invasion
Angiostatin
anorgasmia
antagonist
anti- (as prefix)
antiandrogen
antiandrogen withdrawal response
antiangiogenesis
antibiotic
antibody
antigen
antimetabolite
antimitotic
antineoplastic
antioxidant
anus
AP
apex
apoptosis
Aredia
aromatase
artificial urinary sphincter
ASAP
aspiration
assay
asthenia
asymptomatic
atypical
atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
atypical small acinar proliferation
atypical hyperplasia
AUS
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