The Journal of Urology
Volume 175, Issue 2 , Pages 500-504, February 2006

Obesity, Serum Prostate Specific Antigen and Prostate Size: Implications for Prostate Cancer Detection

  • Stephen J. Freedland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and requests for reprints: Division of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Box 3850, DUMC, Durham, North Carolina 27710 (telephone: 919-668-8361FAX: 919-668-7117
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  • Elizabeth A. Platz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Joseph C. Presti Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto
    • ,
  • William J. Aronson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and Department of Urology, University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles
    • ,
  • Christopher L. Amling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, San Diego Naval Hospital, San Diego
    • ,
  • Christopher J. Kane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center San Francisco and Department of Urology, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Martha K. Terris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center and Section of Urology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Received 9 March 2005

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 Study received Institutional Review Board approval at each institution.

 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health R01CA100938 (WJA), National Institutes of Health Specialized Programs of Research Excellence Grant P50 CA92131-01A1 (WJA), National Institutes of Health Specialized Programs of Research Excellence Grant Career Development Award P50CA58236 (EAP), the Georgia Cancer Coalition (MKT), Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR), a grant from the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (CLA), Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Research Program PC030666 (SJF) and DAMD 17-03-1-0273 (EAP), and an American Foundation for Urologic Disease/American Urological Association Education and Research Scholarship Award (SJF).

 Views, opinions and endorsements are those of the authors.

PII: S0022-5347(05)00162-X

doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00162-X

The Journal of Urology
Volume 175, Issue 2 , Pages 500-504, February 2006

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