Prostatic symptoms

[...]prostatism is caused by outflow obstruction of the bladder (generally due to benign prostatic hypertrophy) and occurs in the periurethral portion of the prostate gland, whereas cancers occur in the peripheral zone. 2 Symptoms of obstruction would therefore be expected to occur late, if at all,...

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Published inBMJ Vol. 323; no. 7315; pp. 750 - 751
Main Authors Baxby, K., Reynard, John, Jenkins, Lucy, Rose, Peter, Wilson, Tim, Farmer, Andrew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 29.09.2001
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Agricultural management
Anatomy & physiology
Antigens
Biopsy
Bladder
Cancer screening
Drug therapy
Letters
Men
Mortality
Older adults
Older people
Open access
Prostate
Prostate cancer
Studies
Symptoms
Urinary bladder
Urinary tract
Urine
Urogenital system
Urology
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Summary:[...]prostatism is caused by outflow obstruction of the bladder (generally due to benign prostatic hypertrophy) and occurs in the periurethral portion of the prostate gland, whereas cancers occur in the peripheral zone. 2 Symptoms of obstruction would therefore be expected to occur late, if at all, in prostate cancers. [...]benign prostatic hypertrophy is one of the recognised causes of a raised level of prostate specific antigen in the absence of cancer.
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ISSN:0959-8138
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1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.323.7315.750