Other Illnesses

2 members

Description

Does prostatitis cause prostate cancer or infertility? Does it affect mental function? Or cause bowel disturbance?

This group will host discussions about how prostatitis may interact with and cause dysfunction with other illnesses, such as prostate cancer, and/or organ systems other than urinary and sexual, such as psychological and bowel.

Comments Discussions Members

Chronic Prostatitis and Colon Cancer

by Arnon Krongrad, MD

Mar 22, 2012

A case-control study from Taiwan has found that men with chronic prostatitis/CPPS were more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer. Click here to read the original report.

  • up

    Dave

    Oh good. :-( 

    Any speculative thoughts on why this may be?  

    Mar 22, 2012

  • up

    Arnon Krongrad, MD

    I would guess it's ascertainment bias. Meaning that men with prostatitis symptoms go to the doctor more often, have antibiotics and develop bowel symptoms more often, get colonoscopy more often, and are consequently diagnosed with colon cancer more often.

    Mar 22, 2012