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Benign prostatic hyperplasia during active surveillance for prostate cancer: is it time to define management strategies?

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Fig. 1: Percentage and management strategies for patients undergoing BPH surgery during active surveillance.

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  1. Department of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Eugenio Bologna, Leslie Claire Licari, Francesco Ditonno & Riccardo Autorino

  2. Department of Maternal-Child and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University Rome, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Eugenio Bologna & Leslie Claire Licari

  3. Department of Urology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Francesco Ditonno

  4. Department of Urology, “Regina Elena” National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Rocco Simone Flammia, Aldo Brassetti & Costantino Leonardo

  5. Department of Urology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Franco & Cosimo De Nunzio

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Conceptualization and supervision: EB, RA; Data extraction: EB; Data analysis and interpretation: LCL, RSF; Manuscript drafting: EB, AF, FD; Statistical review: AB; Scientific and grammatical review: CL, CD, RA. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Bologna, E., Licari, L.C., Ditonno, F. et al. Benign prostatic hyperplasia during active surveillance for prostate cancer: is it time to define management strategies?. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-024-00837-9

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