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CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE IN JEWS AND CIRCUMCISED GENTILES
Author(s) -
Gibson E. C.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1954.tb04896.x
Subject(s) - prostate , medicine , prostate carcinoma , carcinoma , prostate cancer , population , gynecology , cancer , oncology , urology , environmental health
SUMMARY1 A hypothesis by Ravich and Ravich (1951) that carcinoma of the prostate is rarer in men who have been circumcised in infancy is discussed. 2 A series of 105 cases with histologically proven carcinoma of the prostate has been examined in relation to the state of the foreskin. Twenty per cent. had been circumcised in infancy. 3 A series of benign and malignant neoplasms of the prostate has been reviewed and 4.2 per cent. of cases with prostatic cancer were Jewish (approximately the figure calculated for the general Jewish population in the age group of the disease).