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Inability to refrain from urinating or defecating.

Inability to achieve or maintain a sufficiently strong erection to allow sexual intercourse.

Traitement général du cancer à l’aide d’hormones.

Substance secreted by a gland that affects the development or functioning of an organ.

A medical technique that allows the treatment of tumours using the heat created by the focusing of ultrasound.

See Gleason score.

Small organ that produces one or more substances in the body.

Small “lump” located on the lymphatic vessels. Lymph nodes play a major role in protecting the body against infections and cancerous cells.