The Effect of Finasteride on the Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Microvessel Density: A Possible Mechanism for Decreased Prostatic Bleeding in Treated Patients
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 169 (1) , 20-23
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64025-6
Abstract
Purpose: Several studies have confirmed the benefit of finasteride in limiting hematuria from benign prostatic hyperplasia. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent stimulator of...Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Decreased Suburethral Prostatic Microvessel Density In Finasteride Treated Prostates: A Possible Mechanism For Reduced Bleeding In Benign Prostatic HyperplasiaJournal of Urology, 2002
- The effects of androgen deprivation on the prostate gland: cell death mediated by vascular regressionCurrent Opinion in Urology, 2000
- Microvessel density in prostatic hyperplasiaBJU International, 2000
- Androgens Induce the Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Fetal Prostatic FibroblastsEndocrinology, 1998
- CD34 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF ANGIOGENESIS AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER FOR PROSTATE CANCER RECURRENCE AFTER RADICAL PROSTATECTOMYJournal of Urology, 1998
- Effects of finasteride on hematuria associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia: long-term follow-upUrology, 1998
- Testosterone Stimulates Angiogenesis and Vascular Regrowth in the Ventral Prostate in Castrated Adult RatsEndocrinology, 1998
- Microvascularity in benign prostatic hyperplasiaThe Prostate, 1995
- Treatment of Prostatic Bleeding: Suppression of Angiogenesis by Androgen DeprivationJournal of Urology, 1993
- Transurethral Prostatectomy: Immediate and Postoperative Complications. A Cooperative Study of 13 Participating Institutions Evaluating 3,885 PatientsJournal of Urology, 1989