Obese men have more advanced and more aggressive prostate cancer at time of surgery than non-obese men after adjusting for screening PSA level and age: results from two independent nested case–control studies

BACKGROUND: It remains unclear whether the hemodilution effect of body mass index (BMI) on PSA levels translates to inappropriate prostate cancer (PCa) screening in obese men. To address this, we conducted two nested case–control studies within prospective cohorts of men undergoing radical prostatec...

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Autores principales: Parker, A S, Thiel, D D, Bergstralh, E, Carlson, R E, Rangel, L J, Joseph, R W, Diehl, N, Karnes, R J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23958895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pcan.2013.27

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23958895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pcan.2013.27

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