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Impact of early hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis maturation on prostate cancer: cross-sectional analysis of a Veterans affairs cohort

BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that earlier onset of puberty, and thus a more prolonged exposure to high androgen levels, increases risk of prostate cancer development. Our objective was to determine whether earlier age of first shave and height, as surrogates of pubertal onset, were associate...

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Autores principales: Khadir, Rimaz M., Sayyid, Rashid K., Matthews, Brian, King, Sherita A., Terris, Martha K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8421831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34532261
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tau-21-433