Ask the doctor: BPH drugs for preventing prostate cancer
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Q. I take Avodart for my enlarged prostate. But I heard that Avodart increases prostate cancer risk. Is that true? Should I quit taking Avodart?
A. You are on the right track about the cancer risk, but it's complicated.
In June 2011, the FDA did, in fact, add a warning to the label of Avodart and other drugs in its class about the possibility of an increased risk of high-grade prostate...
