This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort of 578 patients evaluated the influence of kidney function on warfarin dosage, anticoagulation control, and risk for hemorrhagic complications. We adjusted all multivariable regression and proportional hazard analyses for clinical and genetic factors. Patients ...
Prostate cancer and its treatment frequently lead to sexual side effects that negatively impact personal identity, sexual function, and intimate relationships. The sexual consequences of prostate cancer treatment on men who have sex with men (MSM) differ in some ways from what is observed in heteros...
Reports on the results of a study showing that frequent sexual activity does not increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer. Link between ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer among white male healthcare professionals ages 46-81.Bauer, Jeff...
We compared single-nucleotide polymorphisms for point mutations in cytochrome P450 genes, including cytochrome P450c17α (CYP17), cytochrome P450 aromatase (CYP19), steroid-5-a-reductase (SRD5A2), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) involved in androgen and estrogen production. Between January 2008...
Brandenburg DL, et al. Breast cancer risk and screening: a comparison of lesbian and heterosexual women. Women Health. 2007;45(4):109–30. ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar Aytaç IA, et al. Socioeconomic factors and incidence of erectile dysfunction: findings of the longitudinal Massachussetts Male ...
Circulating levels of DHT and AAG do not appear to be strongly related to prostate cancer risk. (J Natl Cancer Inst 1996;88:1118-26) A longstanding and diverse body of evidence suggests that sex steroids, particularly androgens, play a role in the etiology of prostate cancer. Androgens are ...
Kim HL, Puymon MR, Qin M, Guru K, Mohler JL (2010) A method for using life tables to estimate lifetime risk for prostate cancer death. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 8:148–154 PubMed Google Scholar Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Welch HG (2008) The risk of death by age, sex, and smoki...
METHODS: This large-scale prospective twin study compared opposite-sex (OS) and same-sex (SS) twins to test the impact of intrauterine exposures on cancer risk. On the basis of the Danish and Swedish twin and cancer registries, we calculated incidence rate ratios for OS and SS twins, ...
There are notable sex-based differences in immune responses to pathogens and self-antigens, with female individuals exhibiting increased susceptibility to various autoimmune diseases, and male individuals displaying preferential susceptibility to some viral, bacterial, parasitic and fungal infections. Although...
Prostate CancerIn the US, 1 out of 6 men are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in their lives. However, according to the Sperling Prostate Center, prostate massage can help to reduce men’s risk of Prostate Cancer. It is thought that stimulating the prostate regularly (i.e. moving it around)...