title: Ask the doctor.  I take Avodart for my enlarged prostate.  But I heard that Avodart increases prostate cancer risk.  Is that true?  Should I quit taking Avodart?
authors.forename: Marc B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Garnick
mesh_terms: D058891:5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001378:Azasteroids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000068538:Dutasteride; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D058891:5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; D001378:Azasteroids; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D000068538:Dutasteride