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Risk factors for incident prostate cancer in a cohort of world trade center responders.

Sean A P CloustonPeifen KuanRoman KotovSoumyadeep MukherjeePatricia Thompson-CarinoEvelyn J BrometBenjamin J Luft
Published in: BMC psychiatry (2019)
This is the first study to identify a positive association between re-experiencing a traumatic event and prostate cancer incidence. Our results are consistent with recent rodent model evidence demonstrating a direct biological link between stress pathways and prostate tumorigenesis and offer new hypotheses in the causality of prostate cancer.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • spinal cord injury
  • risk factors
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  • stress induced
  • heat stress
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