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    Glossary Castration

    surgical removal of testicles in males

    Castration, also known as neutering or orchiectomy, is the surgical removal of the testicles in males. This procedure is commonly performed on animals to prevent reproduction and reduce aggressive behavior, but it can also be done in humans for medical reasons such as hormone-related cancers.

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    1. Intratumoral <i>De Novo</i> Steroid Synthesis Activates Androgen Receptor in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and Is Upregulated by Treatment with CYP17A1 Inhibitors Cancer research · 2011 · 402 citations
    2. Steroidogenesis inhibitors alter but do not eliminate androgen synthesis mechanisms during progression to castration-resistance in LNCaP prostate xenografts The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2009 · 57 citations
    3. Prevention and treatment of experimental prostate cancer in lobund-wistar rats. I. Effects of estradiol, dihydrotestosterone, and castration 1989 · 31 citations
    4. Genetic variants in AR and SHBG and resistance to hormonal castration in prostate cancer Medical Oncology · 2013 · 6 citations
    5. Exogenous testosterone, finasteride and castration effects on testosterone, insulin, zinc and chromium in adult male rats. PubMed · 2013 · 4 citations
    6. Effect of Exogenous Testosterone, Finasteride, and Castration on serum level of Thyroxin PubMed · 2013 · 1 citations
    7. Effects of Castration on BPH 2016
    8. Low-Dose Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Suppresses Androgen Receptor (AR) and Its Splice Variant AR-V7 in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Cells Therapeutics · 2025
    9. Impact of Medical Castration on Malignant Arrhythmias in Patients With Prostate Cancer Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021 · 8 citations
    10. Inconsistent effects of surgical and chemical castration on arterial baroreceptor dysfunction and cardiac and brainstem inflammation in endotoxic rats The FASEB Journal · 2020
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