ArticleAmerican journal of men's health
Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Disease or Symptom? Current Perspectives on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis.
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- A simplified algorithm for management of CP/CPPS and associated entities: A summary table for general urologists.Current urology · 2026Review
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- A large-scale multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Comparative Effectiveness of Chinese Patent Medicines for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Risk model for depression in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A retrospective cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Pharmacological Interventions for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Carbon Monoxide in an Experimental Model of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The Effects of CORM-A1 on Pain and Anxiety-Related Behaviors.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025Article
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- Enhancing Pain Management: The Role of Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block in Chronic Pelvic Pain Treatment.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Review
- CXCL10 Promotes Spinal Macrophage Recruitment via the JAK/STAT3 Pathway to Induce Pain in Experimental Autoimmune Prostatitis.Cell proliferation · 2025Article
- Network pharmacology and animal experiments revealed the protective effects of Guilong prescription on chronic prostatitis and its possible mechanisms.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025Article
- The characteristics of brain function alterations in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome across varying symptom severities evaluated by NIH-CPSI.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Definitive diagnosis and selection of effective treatment for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) are frustrations encountered frequently by urology care providers in their practice. Knowledge of etiology and pathophysiology is not sufficient and therapeutic guidelines have not yielded acceptable outcomes and prognoses for both patients and care providers. The authors present updated perspectives on CP/CPPS, including definition, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, based on literature review and clinical experience. A key point is to shift the diagnostic and therapeutic focus from a single entity of disease toward associated symptoms of CP/CPPS. An individualized multimodal treatment approach to cope with the course of the disorder is proposed. Communications and personal/family/community supports are emphasized as an important component in the therapeutic regime and rehabilitation of patients with CP/CPPS. The purpose is to improve comprehension on CP/CPPS and to help care providers and patients to achieve the goal of medical intervention-relieving associated symptoms of CP/CPPS and improving the quality of life.
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