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Tobacco smoking and death from prostate cancer in US veterans PROSTATE CANCER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES Riviere, P., Kumar, A., Luterstein, E., Vitzthum, L. K., Nalawade, V., Sarkar, R. R., Bryant, A. K., Einck, J. P., Mundt, A. J., Murphy, J. D., Rose, B. S. 2020; 23 (2): 252–59

Abstract

Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for mortality in several genitourinary cancers, likely due to accumulation of carcinogens in urine. However, in prostate cancer (PC) the link has been less studied. We evaluated differences in prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) between current smokers, past smokers, and never smokers diagnosed with PC.This was a retrospective cohort study of PCSM in men diagnosed with PC between 2000 and 2015 treated in the US Veterans Affairs health care system, using competing risk regression analyses.The cohort included 73,668 men (current smokers: 22,608 (30.7%), past smokers: 23,695 (32.1%), and never smokers: 27,365 (37.1%)). Median follow-up was 5.9 years. Current smoker patients were younger at presentation (median age current: 63, never: 66; p?

View details for DOI 10.1038/s41391-019-0178-6

View details for Web of Science ID 000534552900005

View details for PubMedID 31624316