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Radical prostatectomy - A surgery in which the entire prostate gland and seminal vesicles are removed.

Radiofrequency ablation - Heating the tissue to kill cancer cells.

Randomized clinical trial - A clinical trial in which two therapies are tested. Patients are randomly assigned to one treatment or another. Efforts are made to ensure the balance of important clinical factors between the two groups.

Receptor - A specific molecule on the surface of or within the cell that recognizes and binds with other specific molecules.

Renal cell carcinoma - Suspected kidney cancer.

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