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If the patient had BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy) previous to seeding, will it go away or return later?

April 26, 2017away Benign BPH hypertrophy later patient previous prostatic Return seeding

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If the patient had BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy) previous to seeding, will it go away or return later?

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No investigator has looked at this issue carefully. While the gland can shrink with the radiation, often patients have urinary function similar to that prior to the implant. In other words, at this point, seed implantation does not seem to be a good treatment for BPH.