cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) based on the hypothesis that there may be
an association of prostatitis with these other entities that may involve up-regulation of bcl-2.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined 40 whole mount radical prostatectomy
specimens for the presence and distribution of chronic inflammatory infiltrate.
Immunostaining for bcl-2 was done in 10 cases. RESULTS: Chronic prostatitis was identified …