Percutaneous orchiectomy
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:14 pm
Apologies if someone else has mentioned this, but apropos of the "alcohol injection" thread elsewhere on the board, here's an abstract from 2009 which mentions the injection of sclerosants (i.e. alcohol/glycerol) as a means of castration:
http://meeting.ascopubs.org/cgi/content ... 15S/e16153
The testing was done on rats.
Here were their conclusions:
"Percutaneous administration of alcohol or glycerol in rats testicles causes atrophy and reduces testosterone serum levels like it occurs after surgical castration. More studies are necessary to evaluate if this minimally invasive procedure may be an alternative to surgical orchiectomy in advanced prostate cancer."
http://meeting.ascopubs.org/cgi/content ... 15S/e16153
The testing was done on rats.
Here were their conclusions:
"Percutaneous administration of alcohol or glycerol in rats testicles causes atrophy and reduces testosterone serum levels like it occurs after surgical castration. More studies are necessary to evaluate if this minimally invasive procedure may be an alternative to surgical orchiectomy in advanced prostate cancer."