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In the main analyses, all men with prostate cancer between 1998 and 2011 and a comparison cohort of cancer-free and prostate cancer diagnostic workup-free men age-matched at a ratio of up to 1:20 on date of diagnosis (index date) were included, while the sub-analysis included the prostate cancer patients alone.
