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Prostate Cancer Symptoms

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Prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms in the early stages. As the malignancy spreads, it may constrict the urethra and cause urinary problems.

Urine flows from the kidney through the ureters into the urinary bladder where it is temporarily stored. As the bladder becomes distended with urine, nerve impulses from the bladder signal the brain that it is full which gives the individual the urge to void. By voluntarily relaxing the sphincter muscle around the urethra, the bladder can be e...

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Prostate Cancer: Conditions with Similar Symptoms

Conditions with Similar SymptomsBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)In up to half of men in their 40s, the prostate begins to enlarge through a process of cell multiplication called benign prostatic... Read more »

Complications of Enlarged Prostate

The progression of symptoms in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is typically very slow, and additional symptoms, when they occur, often come and go. Individual response to these... Read more »

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Causes of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Causes of Lower Urinary Tract SymptomsSeveral structural or medical conditions, either independently or in conjunction with BPH, can cause lower urinary tract symptoms. In addition, prostate growth... Read more »

Introduction to Enlarged Prostate (BPH)

Hyperplasia is a general medical term referring to excess cell replication. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called benign prostate hyperplasia, is a noncancerous growth of the... Read more »

Enlarged Prostate: References

ReferencesAndriole GL, Marberger M, Roehrborn CG. Clinical usefulness of serum prostate specific antigen for the detection of prostate cancer is preserved in men receiving the dual 5alpha-reductase... Read more »

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