PCa More Likely in BPH Sufferers

Prostate cancer (PCa) is more likely to be diagnosed in men who have been hospitalized for clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or undergone surgery for the condition, according to a Danish study.

The study of more than three million men—the entire male population of Denmark—found that men hospitalized and operated on for clinical BPH had a two- and three higher incidence of PCa, respectively, and a twofold and almost eightfold increased risk of dying from PCa compared with general population controls, investigators reported in European Urology (2011;60:691-698). The authors cautioned that their findings should not be used to infer causality.

From the October 01, 2011 Issue of Renal and Urology News