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*Prostate core biopsy - done transrectal. | *Prostate core biopsy - done transrectal. | ||
*Prostate chips (from a ''transurethral resection of the prostate'', abbreviated ''TURP'') - usu. done for [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate gland]]; may be done in the context of obstructing cancer. | *Prostate chips (from a ''transurethral resection of the prostate'', abbreviated ''TURP'') - usu. done for [[nodular hyperplasia of the prostate gland]]; may be done in the context of obstructing cancer. | ||
*Radical prostatectomy - includes the seminal vesicles. | *Radical prostatectomy - includes the [[seminal vesicles]]. | ||
*Radical cystoprostatectomy - includes the urinary bladder and seminal vesicles.<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=446218 http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=446218]. Accessed on: 23 February 2012.</ref> | *Radical cystoprostatectomy - includes the urinary bladder and seminal vesicles.<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=446218 http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=446218]. Accessed on: 23 February 2012.</ref> | ||