R Mayhew

Body Mass Index and Prostate Specific Antigen Levels in Jamaican Men

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Vol 60, Issue 3 (2011)

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316–21

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The relationship between serum PSA and BMI was examined in men referred to urology clinics in Jamaica. There was an inverse relationship between PSA and BMI among men with prostate cancer. Clinicians should take this relationship into account when interpreting patients’ PSA results.

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in Jamaican men.

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Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes at the University Hospital of the West Indies: 2000–2007

Issue:

Vol 60, issue 1 (2011)

Pages:

68–72

Synopsis:

This article represents an eight-year retrospective review of radical prostatectomies performed at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Oncological outcomes and morbidity are compared to large- volume international centres.

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Objectives: Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in Jamaican men with an age-specific incidence of 65.5 per 100 000 and also the commonest cause of male cancer death. This study reports on the oncological outcome and morbidity after radical retropubic prostatectomy.

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BF Morrison

K Coard