Melatonin, sleep, and prostate cancer in elderly men: Study, hypothesis development, and icelandic options

European Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-197

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Slanger, Tracy E ^a   Groß, J Valérie ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D;

CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ICELAND; INTESTINE CANCER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84920645552     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.09.033     Document Type: Editorial

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