Sexual activity and prostate cancer risk in men diagnosed at a younger age

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-185

  Dimitropoulou, Polyxeni ^a,f   Lophatananon, Artitaya ^a,b   Easton, Douglas ^c   Pocock, Richard ^d   Dearnaley, David P ^e   Guy, Michelle ^e   Edwards, Steven ^e   O'Brien, Lynne ^e   Hall, Amanda ^e   Wilkinson, Rosemary ^e   Eeles, Rosalind ^e   Muir, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Chulabhorn Epilepsy Centre (CEC)   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Intercourse; Masturbation; Prostate; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COITUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149147448     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08030.x     Document Type: Article

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