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VCU Massey Cancer Center
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Cancer dictionary

benign prostatic hyperplasia (Also called BPH or benign prostatic hypertrophy.)

an enlargement of the prostate caused by disease or inflammation. It is not cancer, but its symptoms are often similar to those of prostate cancer.

 

 

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VCU Massey Cancer Center
401 College Street, P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
Phone: (804) 828-0450  Fax: (804) 828-8453
Last updated: 12/7/2005

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