The symptoms of both benign prostatic enlargement and malignant tumours are similar and may include any of the following:

	Difficulty in passing urine
	Passing urine more frequently than usual, especially at night
	Rarely, blood in the urine.

If you have any of the above symptoms you must have them checked by your doctor. But remember, most enlargements of the prostate are not cancer and not life threatening.

Cancer of the prostate is often a slow growing cancer, particularly in older men, and symptoms may not occur for many years. Occasionally the first symptoms are pain in the back, hips or pelvis caused by the cancer spreading to the bones.

Most enlargements of the prostate are not cancer and not life threatening