Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Caveat for finasteride should be discussed before prescribing
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Finasteride reduces the risk of incident clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia.
BACKGROUND Despite the high prevalence of clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) among older men, there remains a notable absence of studies focused on BPH prevention. OBJECTIVE To determine if finasteride prevents incident clinical BPH in healthy older men. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Data for this study are from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. After excluding those with a...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.654