"Castration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical removal or artificial destruction of gonads.
| Descriptor ID |
D002369
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.270.282 E04.950.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Castration- Castration
- Castrations
- Gonadectomy
- Gonadectomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Castration" by people in Profiles.
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Beach DF, Somer RA, Hoffman-Censits J, Lin J, Wong YN, Plimack E, Plimeck E, Hudes G, Vaughn D, Bernstein GT, Morris GJ. A wealth of new options: a case presentation of the management of castration-recurrent prostate cancer. Semin Oncol. 2012 Feb; 39(1):1-8.
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Sheth SU, Palange D, Xu DZ, Wei D, Feketeova E, Lu Q, Reino DC, Qin X, Deitch EA. Testosterone depletion or blockade in male rats protects against trauma hemorrhagic shock-induced distant organ injury by limiting gut injury and subsequent production of biologically active mesenteric lymph. J Trauma. 2011 Dec; 71(6):1652-8.
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Chevalier-Larsen ES, O'Brien CJ, Wang H, Jenkins SC, Holder L, Lieberman AP, Merry DE. Castration restores function and neurofilament alterations of aged symptomatic males in a transgenic mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. J Neurosci. 2004 May 19; 24(20):4778-86.
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Thalmann GN, Sikes RA, Chang SM, Johnston DA, von Eschenbach AC, Chung LW. Suramin-induced decrease in prostate-specific antigen expression with no effect on tumor growth in the LNCaP model of human prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1996 Jun 19; 88(12):794-801.