Subcapsular orchiectomy is done for cancer of -

Bilateral orchidectomy, whether total or subcapsular, will eliminate the major source of testosterone production in patients of carcinoma prostate. • Orchidectomy is performed to carry out androgen ablation in the treatment of locally advanced (T3 or T4) disease or of metastatic disease. • In 1941, prostate cancer was shown to be responsive to such treatment by Charles Huggins, the only urologist to win a Nobel Prize. • Bilateral orchidectomy, whether total or subcapsular, will eliminate the major source of testosterone production.