Smoking and prostate cancer in a multi-ethnic cohort

Prostate cancer (PCa) and smoking-related morbidity disproportionately burdens African American (AA) men. Smoking is associated with high-grade PCa and incidence, but few studies have focused on AA men. This study aims to determine the effect of tobacco-use on odds of PCa and of high-grade PCa in a...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Prostate 2013-10, Vol.73 (14), p.1518-1528
Hauptverfasser: Murphy, Adam B, Akereyeni, Folasade, Nyame, Yaw A, Guy, Mignonne C, Martin, Iman K, Hollowell, Courtney M P, Walker, Kelly, Kittles, Rick A, Ahaghotu, Chiledum
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Zusammenfassung:Prostate cancer (PCa) and smoking-related morbidity disproportionately burdens African American (AA) men. Smoking is associated with high-grade PCa and incidence, but few studies have focused on AA men. This study aims to determine the effect of tobacco-use on odds of PCa and of high-grade PCa in a population of predominantly AA men. This is a cross-sectional study evaluating smoking and PCa status in men with incident PCa and screened healthy controls. Altogether, 1,085 men (527 cases and 558 controls), age ≥ 40 years were enrolled through outpatient urology clinics in two US cities from 2001 to 2012. Validated questionnaires were used to gather clinical and socioeconomic data. The cases and controls were predominantly AA (79.9% and 71.3%, respectively, P = 0.01). AA men smoked more frequently (53.4% vs. 47.9%, P 
ISSN:0270-4137
1097-0045
DOI:10.1002/pros.22699