Syncope and Prostate Cancer Ambivalent Case History

Syncope and Prostate Cancer Ambivalent Case History

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a well-established complication of each malignancy, despite autopsy and retrospective studies suggesting that cancers of the pancreas, lung and stomach are most strongly associated with thrombosis [1,2]. Population based studies have identified lung, colon and prostate cancers (PC) as having a high rate of VTE association [3]. Thrombotic events may in fact be the...

Natural History of Prostate Cancer

Vietnam military service history and prostate cancer

BACKGROUND Three decades after US and Australian forces withdrew from Vietnam, there has been much public interest in the health consequences of service in Vietnam. One controversial question is whether the risk of prostate cancer amongst Vietnam veterans is increased. This paper examines relationships between military history, family history and risk of prostate cancer in a population-based ca...

Family history and prostate cancer risk.

The authors examined the relation between family history of prostate cancer and the risk of this cancer in a population-based case-control study conducted in Massachusetts between December 1992 and October 1994. Cases were all incident cases of prostate cancer in men younger than 70 years (n = 563); controls were men with no history of the disease matched to the cases on age and town of residen...

A Case Report of Primary Squamous Cell Cancer of Prostate

The primary squamous cell carcinoma of prostate is a rare tumor that its histogenesis has not been clearly identified. This tumor comprises 0.5 to 1 % of malignant tumors of prostate. In most cases, there exists a severe and atypical metaplasia. The case was a 66 years man that admitted for increased frequency of urination and a burning sensation. In initial examinations, because of the existe...