National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Surgical Castration

Synonyms

surgical castration

Surgical Castration

Castration

castration

Definitions

Surgical removal of the ovaries or testes.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15198

ALT_DEFINITION

Surgical removal of the testicles (orchiectomy) or ovaries (oophorectomy) to stop the production of sex hormones. Decreasing the levels of hormones may stop the growth of certain cancers.

code

C15198

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

Surgical removal of the ovaries or testes.

Display_Name

Surgical Castration

FULL_SYN

surgical castration

Surgical Castration

Castration

castration

label

Surgical Castration

Legacy Concept Name

Surgical_Castration

Preferred_Name

Surgical Castration

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15198

Semantic_Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0007344

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15467

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15333

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