The aim of this study is to assess the status of treatment of chronic prostatitis (CP) in Chinese men. A population-based cross-sectional survey was performed, in which 15 000 men aged between 15 and 60 years were randomly selected to receive a questionnaire designed to assess National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptoms Index (NIH-CPSI) status, therapeutic efficacy and 28 other i...

AIM The aim of the study was to compare the yield of mean platelet volume (MPV), total prostate specific antigen (tPSA), free prostate specific antigen (fPSA), f/t PSA ratio and complex prostate specific antigen (cPSA) in patients with prostatitis. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study was designed in the Kayseri Education and Research Hospital. Ninety-six patients with prostatitis were enrolled retr...

BACKGROUND Prostatitis is associated with a characteristic increase in prostatic fluid pH; however, the underlying mechanism and its physiological significance have not been elucidated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this study a primary culture of rat prostatic epithelial cells and a rat prostatitis model were used. Here we reported the involvement of CFTR, a cAMP-activated anion channel ...

BACKGROUND Coryneform bacteria constitute an important segment of male urogenital microbiota. They have been generally considered as saprophytes, although some species have been associated with prostatitis as well. At the same time, biofilm infections have been suspected as a cause of prostatitis. OBJECTIVE To identify a set of coryneform bacteria isolated from semen of either healthy men or ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Qingrelishi-category Chinese medicine (for dispelling heat and resolving dampness) in the treatment of chronic prostatitis. METHODS Randomized clinical trials or controlled clinical trials comparing Qingrelishi with plant america, other herbal medicine and Western medicine in the treatment of chronic prostatitis were identified by electroni...

Background: Autopsy study is used to disclose many hidden prostatic pathologies and their incidence. Thecurrent aims evaluate the histopathological pattern of lesions such as nodular hyperplasia ofthe prostate, precancerous lesions, latent cancer in autopsy series males over age 50 correlatethem with age.Methods: The present was a prospective carried out pathology department, afteren bloc harve...

INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in elderly men, and accounts for 30% of all newly diagnosed cases of cancer. The development of the 'clinically insignificant' prostate cancer into its invasive form is still unclear, and it is believed that chronic inflammation may play its role, as proposed by De Marzo in 1999. However, there is no clear opinion ...