Hormone‐related diseases and prostate cancer: An English national record linkage study

Insulin‐like growth factor‐I (IGF‐I) and testosterone may be related to prostate cancer risk. Acromegaly is associated with clinically high IGF‐I concentrations. Klinefelter's syndrome, testicular hypofunction and hypopituitarism are associated with clinically low testosterone concentrations. W...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	International journal of cancer Vol. 147; no. 3; pp. 803 - 810
Main Authors:	Watts, Eleanor L., Goldacre, Raphael, Key, Timothy J., Allen, Naomi E., Travis, Ruth C., Perez‐Cornago, Aurora
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2020 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Acromegaly Acromegaly - epidemiology Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Cancer Cancer Epidemiology Death Diagnosis England epidemiology Eunuchism - epidemiology Health risk assessment hormones Humans Hypopituitarism Hypopituitarism - epidemiology IGF‐I Insulin Klinefelter Syndrome - epidemiology Klinefelter's syndrome Male Medical diagnosis Medical research Middle Aged Mortality Prostate cancer Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality record‐linkage Regression Analysis Surgery Testes Testosterone England epidemiology IGF-I prostate cancer testosterone hormones record-linkage
ISSN:	0020-7136, 1097-0215, 1097-0215
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!