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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 105, Issue 5, Pages 602-605Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.271
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sexually transmitted infections; chlamydia; gonorrhoea; non-chlamydial, non-gonococcal urethritis; prostate-specific antigen; prostate cancer
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- Patrick C Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund
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BACKGROUND: We investigated prostate involvement during sexually transmitted infections by measuring serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a marker of prostate infection, inflammation, and/or cell damage in young, male US military members. METHODS: We measured PSA before and during infection for 299 chlamydia, 112 gonorrhoea, and 59 non-chlamydial, non-gonococcal urethritis (NCNGU) cases, and 256 controls. RESULTS: Chlamydia and gonorrhoea, but not NCNGU, cases were more likely to have a large rise (>= 40%) in PSA than controls (33.6%, 19.1%, and 8.2% vs 8.8%, P<0.0001, 0.021, and 0.92, respectively). CONCLUSION: Chlamydia and gonorrhoea may infect the prostate of some infected men. British Journal of Cancer (2011) 105, 602-605. doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.271 www.bjcancer.com Published online 26 July 2011 (C) 2011 Cancer Research UK
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