The Aging of the Prostate:

• Review of the male reproductive system

• What is the prostate and why do we care?

• Pathology of the prostate:

  • Prostatitis
  • Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)
  • Prostate Cancer

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I will not be discussing prostatitis as it is not a condition of aging.

Prostatitis most frequently occurs in men b/w age of 20 & 40.