Benign prostatic hyperplasia diagnosis

This table is adapted with permission from Lee M, Sharifi R. Benign prostatic hyperplasia Diagnosis and treatment guideline. Ann Pharmacother 1997 31 481-486. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Healdi Service Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Clinical practice guideline number 8. Benign prostatic hyperplasia Diagnosis and treatment. Rockville, MD, U.S. Department of Healdi and Human Services, 1994 1-215. 

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common problems of elderly men, affecting more than 40% of men over age 70. BPH results in the urinary symptoms of hesitancy and frequency. Since prostate cancer affects a similar age group and often has similar presenting symptoms, the presence of BPH often complicates the diagnosis of prostate cancer, although it does not appear to increase the risk of developing prostate cancer.2,5... 

American Urological Association Practice Guidelines Committee. AUA guidelines on management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (2003). Chapter 1 Diagnosis and treatment recommendations. J Urol 2003 170 530-547. 

PSA (free PSA %) Prostate Benign prostatic hyperplasia versus cancer diagnosis... 

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