Human prostate cancer risk factors

DG Bostwick, HB Burke, D Djakiew… - … Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer has the highest prevalence of any nonskin cancer in the human body, with
similar likelihood of neoplastic foci found within the prostates of men around the world …

Prostate‐specific antigen: a review of the validation of the most commonly used cancer biomarker

J Hernández, IM Thompson - Cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The widespread use of prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) screening has had
a tremendous impact on all aspects of the management of prostate carcinoma. Although …

Prostate cancer in young men: An emerging young adult and older adolescent challenge

A Bleyer, F Spreafico, R Barr - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recent observations suggest that prostate cancer is an increasing disease
among older adolescents and young adults. Methods Incidence, mortality, and survival data …

Treatment and survival outcomes in young men diagnosed with prostate cancer: A population‐based cohort study

DW Lin, M Porter, B Montgomery - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Outcomes of treatment for young men compared with older men with
prostate cancer are poorly defined outside of limited institutional series. In this study, the …

Family history of prostate and breast cancer and the risk of prostate cancer in the PSA era

YC Chen, JH Page, R Chen, E Giovannucci - The Prostate, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND A family history of prostate cancer (PCa) or breast cancer (BCa) has been
associated with the risk of PCa, but the risks were inconsistent in terms of the affected family …

Family history of prostate cancer and obesity in relation to high‐grade disease and extraprostatic extension in young men with prostate cancer

S Rohrmann, WW Roberts, PC Walsh, EA Platz - The Prostate, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background Little is known about predictors of prostate cancer severity in young men.
Therefore, we examined whether family history and obesity influence risk of high‐grade …

Biological and clinical implications of early-onset cancers: a unique subtype

TC He, JA Li, ZH Xu, QD Chen, HL Yin, N Pu… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the incidence of cancers is continuously increasing in young adults. Early-
onset cancer (EOC) is usually defined as patients with cancers under the age of 50, and may …

[PDF][PDF] Hereditary/familial versus sporadic prostate cancer: few indisputable genetic differences and many similar clinicopathological features.

C Alberti - European Review for Medical & Pharmacological …, 2010 - europeanreview.org
Genetic factors and their inter-actions with environmental conditions and internal
microenvironment influence the prostate cancer (PC) development, so that gene expression …

ERG expression is associated with increased risk of biochemical relapse following radical prostatectomy in early onset prostate cancer

KC Huang, M Dolph, B Donnelly, TA Bismar - Clinical and Translational …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose ERG expression has been proposed to signify molecular subtype of PCA. However,
its significance in early onset prostate cancer (PCA) is not characterized. Materials and …

Impact of a family history of prostate cancer on clinicopathologic outcomes and survival following radical prostatectomy

ME Westerman, B Gershman, RJ Karnes… - World journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose While a family history (FH) of prostate cancer represents an established risk factor
for prostate cancer diagnosis, conflicting data exist regarding the oncologic importance of …