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. 2005 Nov;87(6):437–438. doi: 10.1308/003588405X60696

Should HIV patients be considered a high risk group for the development of prostate cancer?

Nadine Quatan 1, Sabarinath Nair 1, Fran Harrowes 1, Phillip Hay 1
PMCID: PMC1964137  PMID: 16263011

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Only very few case reports exist regarding the incidence of prostate cancer in younger HIV-infected patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two incidences of HIV-infected men diagnosed with prostate cancer, from a cohort of about 200 men treated at St George's Hospital aged 40 years or more are reported. DISCUSSION: On the basis of the evidence presented in both case reports and from the literature, clinicians should be aware that men with HIV infection should be considered a high-risk group for prostate cancer, and consider early PSA screening.


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