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Researchers followed two groups of men suffering from prostate cancer—one with the sexually transmitted infection Trichomoniasis, caused by a parasite—and found that the group suffering from the infection developed more likely to suffer from more severe forms of cancer...
Because Trichomoniasis usually affects women, men are often unaware of their condition. Many men only realize that they have the infection when their female partner is diagnosed—a troubling prospect if the link with severity of prostate cancer proves causal...
...Prostate cancer is the most common cause of cancer among men in westernized countries,” said Jennifer Stark, the study’s lead author and a 2008 graduate from the School of Public Health. “It’s also the second leading cause of cancer-related death; it’s a big public health problem...
Although most men with prostate cancer have good outcomes, Stark stressed that the link they found for Trichomoniasis was with particularly advanced forms of prostate cancer, making the finding of potentially high importance for efforts to combat prostate cancer deaths...
...What we really want to do is find how we can prevent aggressive prostate cancer from happening,” said Lorelei A. Mucci, a School of Public Health assistant professor and the study’s senior author...