Metabolic syndrome is associated with advanced prostate cancer in patients treated with radical retropubic prostatectomy: results from a multicentre prospective study

BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-skin cancer in USA and the second leading cause of cancer death in Western Countries. Despite the high mortality associated with PCa, the only established risk factors are age, race and family history. A possible association between metabolic...

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Autores principales: De Nunzio, Cosimo, Simone, Giuseppe, Brassetti, Aldo, Mastroianni, Riccardo, Collura, Devis, Muto, Giovanni, Gallucci, Michele, Tubaro, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2442-7