Article
[Epidemiology and risk factors of the prostate cancer].
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego - 1 Sept 2012
Stasiewicz Dominika, Starosławska Elzbieta, Brzozowska Anna, Mocarska Agnieszka, Losicki Marek, Szumiło Justyna, Burdan Franciszek
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy of male genital organs. The etiology of the disease is complex and remains mainly unclear. The only established risk factors are advancing age, ethnicity and genetics, including changing in expression of ELAC2, RNASEL, MSR1 and HOXB13 genes as well as low number of CAG repeats in the androgen receptor gene. There are number of coexisting environmental risk factors,...
Topics
- Causality
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Global Health
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Risk Factors