Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer: A Case-Control Study in Greece

    March 1999 in “ International Journal of Cancer ”
    C.‐c. Hsieh, A. Thanos, D. Mitropoulos, Ch. Deliveliotis, C.S. Mantzoros, D Trichopoulos
    TLDR Urban living may increase prostate cancer risk, while early sexual activity might reduce it.
    The study conducted in Athens, Greece, involved 320 prostate cancer patients and 246 controls without benign prostatic hyperplasia. It found no significant association between prostate cancer and factors such as height, body mass index, family size, marital status, previous medical conditions, vertex baldness, smoking, or alcohol and coffee consumption. However, it suggested that urban living might increase prostate cancer risk, while early adulthood sexual activity could potentially reduce it.
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