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Prostate cancer ‘may be a sexually transmitted disease’

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Prostate cancer may be a sexually transmitted disease caused by a common yet often silent infection passed on during intercourse, scientists say – but experts say proof is still lacking.

Although several cancers are caused by infections, Cancer Research UK says it is too early to add prostate cancer to this list.

The University of California scientists tested human prostate cells in the lab. They found a sex infection called trichomoniasis aided cancer growth

More research is now needed to confirm the link, they say in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

 

 

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Chronic prostate inflammation tied to nearly double risk of prostate cancer

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A new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, MD, finds that compared to men with no such signs, men with chronic inflammation in non-cancerous prostate tissue may have nearly double the risk of developing prostate cancer.

The study also finds that the link between chronic prostate inflammation and prostate cancer may be even stronger in men with high grade cancers – those with a Gleason score between 7 and 10. The Gleason score is assessed by looking at cancer cells under a microscope: a higher grade usually means more abnormal-looking cells and the cancer is growing faster.

 

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