Word: testicular
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...other cases, where there is no detectable cause such as infection, the prostate may become gradually enlarged-from a little more than an inch long by i% in. broad to double or triple its normal size. A year may elapse before painful or difficult urination, backache, testicular pain or sexual impotence sends the victim to his doctor. At this stage, the already enlarged prostate is especially vulnerable to secondary infection. Once this infection has been cleared, surgery is the usual answer-and mandatory in the 10% to 15% of cases where cancer has developed...