Open AccessErectile dysfunction and the risk of prostate cancer
Author(s) -
WeiYu Lin,
YingHsu Chang,
ChengLi Lin,
ChiaHung Kao,
HsiChin Wu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.17082
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , prostate cancer , hazard ratio , erectile dysfunction , cancer , incidence (geometry) , malignancy , cohort study , comorbidity , population , proportional hazards model , cancer registry , oncology , confidence interval , physics , environmental health , optics
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer death among men in developed countries. Because some risk factors are common between erectile dysfunction (ED) and PCa, we investigated the association between ED and subsequent PCa.
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