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Prostatic cancer, coital rates, vasectomy and testosterone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

William H. James
William H. James
Affiliation:
Galton Laboratory, University College, London
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Summary

It is usually supposed that androgens play a major role in the aetiology of prostatic cancer. This note suggests that the association of the disease with low (as well as high) coital rates and its apparent association with vasectomy can both be reconciled with the hypothesised androgenic involvement.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 269 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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