Is the Prostate Pill Finally Here?

Abstract

After fulfilling its reproductive role, the prostate mostly causes trouble by virtue of its propensity for benign or malignant cellular proliferation in aging men. Benign prostatic hypertrophy causes symptoms of bladder-outlet obstruction in 50 percent of men 60 years of age or older, and 25 to 30 percent ultimately need surgery. Prostatectomy, mostly by transurethral resection, is excellent therapy, but 15 percent of the men who have this operation are not helped and 5 to 10 percent have postoperative complications.¹ Carcinoma of the prostate is the most frequent cancer and the second leading cause of death from cancer among men . . .