martes, 25 de agosto de 2009

El efecto protector de la Diabetes mellitus,contra el Cáncer de próstata,rol de las Hormonas sexuales.

1: Prostate. 2009 Aug 12. [Epub ahead of print]Click here to read Links

The protective effect of diabetes mellitus against prostate cancer: Role of sex hormones.

Department of Urology, Urology Research Center, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been associated with decreased risk of prostate cancer (PC) in several reports. Hormonal environment of diabetic patients is believed to be an important contributing factor in this regard. METHODS: Using data from a multi-center case-control study in Iran, base line testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), estradiol, and albumin levels as well as thorough demographic and medical characteristics of 194 newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients were determined. There were 317 ethnicity-matched men with no cancer as controls as well. Data was analyzed for hormones of interest in DM patients regarding their cancer status. RESULTS: Of 511 enrolled patients, twenty-one cases and 63 controls were diagnosed as DM. Patients with DM were significantly less likely to have PC (OR: 0.44, P = 0.003). Time since DM diagnosis was also inversely correlated with the risk of cancer (P trend <>

PMID: 19676082 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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