Your sitemaster sincerely hopes that this is indeed going to be the very last time he will ever have to deal with this topic. He’s been saying much the same thing for nearly 30 years now! … READ MORE …
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So now we have data from a prospective study (carried out as part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) that was designed (in part) to explore whether there was any association between vasectomy and risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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As long-term readers will be aware, this is a topic that comes up over and over again … about every couple of years … READ MORE …
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Late last week we commented briefly on a paper by Siddiqui et al. that had assessed the association between risk for a diagnosis of prostate cancer and the prior occurrence of a vasectomy in men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS). … READ MORE …
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Over the years there has been controversy as to the existence of an association between vasectomy and risk for prostate cancer. A new set of data from a large, long-term study, to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, has shown that there is, indeed, such a risk — but it is specific to high-risk prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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This morning’s news reports discuss:
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There’s a lot of news today, so we will break it into two sections for reading convenience. In Part A, we deal with information about:
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 