Low levels of serum testosterone in middle-aged men impact pathological features of prostate cancer

Low levels of serum testosterone in middle-aged men impact pathological features of prostate cancer

Background: Serum testosterone deficiency increases with aging. Age is also a major risk factor for prostate cancer (PrCa) and PCa tumors are more frequently diagnosed among men >65 years old. We evaluated the relationship between preoperative serum testosterone and clinical/ pathological feature...

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Main Authors: Elton Llukani, Benjamin F. Katz, Ilir Agalliu, Andrew Lightfoot, Sue-Jean S. Yu, Martin Kathrins, Ziho Lee, Yu-Kai Su, Kelly Monahan Agnew, Alice McGill, Daniel D. Eun, David I. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Prostate International
Subjects:
Testosterone
Localized prostate cancer
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
Gleason score
Middle age
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287888216300472

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