date:Feb 27, 2019
lifetime.
Even if cancer is not the issue, the prostate can still become a serious problem with increasing age. More than half of men over age 50, and nearly all men over the age of 80, develop benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), enlargement of the prostate. This can reduce or even halt urine flow, among other symptoms, and negatively impact activity and sexual function.
Age and genetics are unmodifiable risk factors for BPH. But the many modifiable risk factors are quite familiar. They includ