Modern Theories On The Pathogenesis Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Narrative Review
Keywords:
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH pathogenesis, chronic prostatic inflammationAbstract
BPH is one of the most common urological conditions in aging men. What's changed over the past two decades is not the clinical picture — men still come in with the same obstructive symptoms — but our understanding of why the prostate enlarges. The androgen-centric model that shaped treatment for decades is correct as far as it goes; it just doesn't go far enough.
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