Questions about sexually transmissible infections and prostate cancer

Posted by dwang567 @dwang567, Apr 18 10:46pm

Is there any relationship about sexually transmissible infections with prostate cancer ? I wonder if it is possible my prostate cancer as a result with got sexually transmissible infection in young age. Since my family have no one get prostate cancer except my mother's cervical cancer.

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gently | @gently | Apr 19 1:36am

There is not causitive evidence. Studies have long indicated an associative risk. A more recent study https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/33/Supplement_2/ckad160.792/7328170 finds no associative risk. If you have a familial genetics study ( a saliva test) you may find genetic risk factors. There is much speculation about generational increase in exposure to environmental toxins causing more cancer of all types.