Increased risk of high‐grade prostate cancer among infertile men

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Authors

Thomas J. Walsh · University of California, San Francisco

Michael Schembri · University of California, San Francisco

Paul J. Turek · Cooper Clinic

June M. Chan · University of California, San Francisco

Peter R. Carroll · University of California, San Francisco

James F. Smith · University of California, San Francisco

Michael L. Eisenberg

Abstract

Men with male factor infertility were found to have an increased risk of subsequently developing high-grade prostate cancer. Male infertility may be an early and identifiable risk factor for the development of clinically significant prostate cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Urologic and reproductive health conditions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 116, Issue 9, pp. 2140-2147

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25075

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