11.   Injections of Sandostatin, a drug that stops carcinoid cells from manufacturing the debilitating chemicals, is most effective, in addition to surgical removal of the tumors.

12.   It is correctable through the surgical removal of a herniated disc.

13.   McCain received no therapy beyond surgical removal of the shoulder melanoma, and doctors have pronounced him cured of it.

14.   Neutering, the surgical removal of male or female reproductive organs, is promoted to help reduce animal shelter populations and the numbers of homeless or unwanted animals.

15.   Others in the organization continue to say he is leaning toward surgical removal of the cancer.

16.   Ovaries do not stop working abruptly unless they are shut down by chemotherapy or surgical removal.

17.   Still, recovery time is quicker than standard surgical removal of the tumors, Dodd said.

18.   Surgical removal is often unnecessary and debilitating.

19.   Surgical removal of the prostate, a radical prostatectomy, is the most common treatment for early stage cancer that has not spread beyond the gland.

20.   Surgical removal of the testes vastly reduces the output of the harmone testosterone, which is associated with sex drive, experts say.