| Title |
Low serum testosterone levels are predictive of prostate cancer
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Urology, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00345-011-0793-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luigi Mearini, Alessandro Zucchi, Elisabetta Nunzi, Tommaso Villirillo, Vittorio Bini, Massimo Porena |
| Abstract |
Although hormones play fundamental roles in prostate growth, their clinical significance is not completely clear. Aims of present study were to assess whether testosterone and serum sex hormone levels are predictors of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate cancer (PC) and to verify whether prostate cancer is associated with low testosterone levels, and to test association between testosterone levels and known prognostic factors in prostate cancer. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 29% |
| Researcher | 7 | 18% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 55% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 18% |
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