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The Relationship Between Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostatic Carcinoma

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The relationship between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatic carcinoma (PC) has long been a subject of speculation and controversy. It is well known that BPH and PC frequently coexist in the same gland. Geraghty19 in 1922 studied a series of 450 prostatic carcinomas and noted a 75% association with hyperplasia. On the other hand, carcinoma has been incidentally found in 5–25% of prostates removed for benign hyperplasia.7,9,32

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  1. Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA

    Frank Hinman Jr. (Clinical Professor of Urology) (Clinical Professor of Urology)

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

    Saul Boyarsky M.D., J.D., F.A.C.S. (Professor of Genitourinary Surgery and Biomedical Engineering) (Professor of Genitourinary Surgery and Biomedical Engineering)

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Hodges, C.V., Wan, S.P. (1983). The Relationship Between Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostatic Carcinoma. In: Hinman, F., Boyarsky, S. (eds) Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5476-8_16

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