Neelima Dhingra
Panjab University, India
Title: The quest for cure of benign prostatic hyperplasia: Hormones to 5α-reductase inhibitors
Biography
Biography: Neelima Dhingra
Abstract
This is the story of a quest spanning over hundred years to find out the novel approaches for most common and potentially progressive condition of aging men i.e. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. We will focus on the modern era of the both diagnostic and treatment issues available starting from the discovery of the first still besterol in the early 1937 and culminating in the discovery of the Finasteride and Dutasteride as 5α- Reductase Inhibitors in 2002. Yet one cannot be certain that the quest has ended. Past experience reveals that with the advent of profound knowledge of the pathogenesis, the natural history, risk of the progression and new generation of experiments powered by technological breakthrough, the concept of management has undergone many changes with time.
