Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Reports Findings in Prostate Cancer (The association between prostatitis and risk of prostate cancer: a National Health Insurance Database study): Oncology – Prostate Cancer

2022 OCT 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Business Daily -- New research on Oncology - Prostate Cancer is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating from Gyeonggi Do, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Inflammation is thought to affect the development of prostate cancer (PCa). By retrospectively investigating the database of the National Health Insurance Service, this study attempted to perform a relevant analysis of patients with prostatitis and PCa.”

Financial support for this research came from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, “Participants were aged 50 years. Patients diagnosed with prostatitis between 2010 and 2013 and matched controls were followed up until 2019. We selected controls with matched propensity scores for age, diabetes, hypertension, and the Charlson comorbidity index. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was conducted to determine the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the association between prostatitis and PCa. The HR for PCa according to the presence of prostatitis was classified as acute, chronic, or other prostatitis. A total of 746,176 patients from each group were analyzed. The incidence of PCa was significantly higher in the group with prostatitis (1.8% vs 0.6%, p< 0.001). The HR for PCa was significantly higher in patients with prostatitis (HR 2.99; 95% CI 2.89-3.09, p< 0.001). The HR for PCa was significantly higher in acute prostatitis than in chronic prostatitis (3.82; 95% CI 3.58-4.08; p< 0.001; HR 2.77; 95% CI 2.67-2.87, p< 0.001). The incidence of all-cause death in patients diagnosed PCa was significantly lower in prostatitis group (HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.53-0.63, p< 0.001). Prostatitis is associated with an increased incidence of PCa. Acute prostatitis is associated with higher risk of PCa than chronic prostatitis.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Clinicians should inform patients with prostatitis that they may have an increased risk of diagnosing PCa, and follow-up is needed.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The association between prostatitis and risk of prostate cancer: a National Health Insurance Database study. World Journal of Urology, 2022. World Journal of Urology can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Springer - www.springer.com; World Journal of Urology - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0724-4983/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jung Kwon Kim, Dept. of Urology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 173-82, Gumi-Ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Gyoohwan Jung, Hasung Kim, Jungkuk Lee and Sung Kyu Hong.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-022-04165-2. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the World Journal of Urology is: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States.

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