@brianjarvis

Actually, the purpose of "This double blind placebo controlled study" was ONLY to evaluate "the effects of cranberry consumption on PSA values and other markers in men with PCa before radical prostatectomy.

The authors indicate that their PREVIOUS study's purpose was related to "negative biopsy for prostate cancer (PCa) and chronic nonbacterial prostatitis"...this was not included in the purpose of this RCT.

It is not stated whether the 64 PCa men, who were part of this RCT, had chronic prostatitis. My guess is the most did not, although a certain level of BHP is likely to have been present in these men...but it was clearly not the purpose of this RCT to determine the prostatitis or BHP status of these men. Therefore, your questions (which are interesting questions) cannot be answered by this RCT.

We all know that EVERY natural AND active treatment means of attempting to controlling PCa spread is not guaranteed to work. In fact, as many as 20-40% of men who undergo RALP will experience BCR....so is that a reason not to undergo RALP....maybe....every man must decide and be convinced in his own mind what he is willing to do as a long term, sustainable set of actions toward dealing with his PCa.