Epidemiology and natural history of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) afflicts the majority of elderly men, and if current rates of surgery persist, the average 40-year-old man in the United States will have a 30 to 40 per cent chance of undergoing a prostatectomy if he survives to age 80. Age is by the far the most important determinant of BPH occurrence. Symptomatic BPH has a waxing and waning course, and a few men may have long-term remission. Surprisingly, the natural history of BPH is poorly defined, particularly with regard to the magnitude of the risks of its complications.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014481:United States