WEYRICH UROLOGY

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Bacterium: Unicellular micro-organism

Balanitis: Inflammation of the glans penis

Benign:  This is not malignant. A benign tumor does not invade or metastasize

Bicalutamide: Anti androgen drug (trade name Casodex)

Bilateral: On both sides of the body

Biopsy: A sample of tissue taken for histological diagnostic purposes

Bladder: The hollow organ in the lower abdomen for the storage of urine

Bladder Cancer: Several types of malignancy arising from the epithelial lining (i.e. "the urothelium") of the urinary bladder. The bladder is rarely involved by non-epithelial cancers (such as lymphoma or sarcoma) but these are not properly included in the colloquial term "bladder cancer." It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder. The bladder is a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine; it is located in the pelvis. The most common type of bladder cancer recapitulates the normal histology of the urothelium and is known as transitional cell carcinoma.

Treatment: The treatment of bladder cancer depends on how deep the tumor invades into the bladder wall. Superficial tumors (those not entering the muscle layer) can be "shaved off" using an electrocautery device attached to a cystoscope. Immunotherapy in the form of BCG instillation is also used to treat and prevent the recurrence of superficial tumors. A combination of radiation and chemotherapy can also be used to treat invasive disease. It has not yet been determined how the effectiveness of this form of treatment compares to that of radical ablative surgery.

Bladder Capacity: The maximum volume of the bladder

Bladder Carcinoma: The malignant growth arising from the lining of the bladder

Bladder Extrophy: A congenital condition where the bladder is located on the anterior abdominal wall

BPH:  Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy or Hyperplasia.  A noncancerous enlargement of the prostate. BPH is common in older men.

Treatments:  Watchful waiting (no treatment)
Medical treatments (drugs)- Proscar, Avodart (Alpha Reductase Inhibitors), Flomax, Uroxatral, Hytrin, Cardura, (Aldha-blockers)
Minimally Invasive treatments- Catheterization, Holmium Laser Enucleation of prostate, Interstitial Laser Coagulation, Prostatic Stent, etc
Surgery- Transuretheal resection of the prostate (TURP), prostatectomy

Brachytherapy:  A medical word for internal radiotherapy - for example the insertion of radioactive pellets into the prostate or radioactive iodine drink for thyroid cancer

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