Term: castrate-resistant prostate cancer

Pronunciation: (KAS-trayt-reh-ZIH-stunt PROS-tayt KAN-ser)

Description:

Prostate cancer that keeps growing even when the amount of testosterone in the body is reduced to very low levels. Many early-stage prostate cancers need normal levels of testosterone to grow, but castrate-resistant prostate cancers do not. Also called CRPC.