Prostate cancer associated to infertility

A new report suggets that young, infertile men are ‘50% more likely to develop aggressive prostate

This finding is based on a study using the medical records of over 22,000 men in California who had been assessed for infertility. Researchers found that men who were infertile were more likely to go on to develop prostate cancer, particularly more advanced prostate cancer, than men who were not infertile.

However, this research does have some limitations, including its reliance on medical records and the fact that not many of the men developed the more aggressive type of prostate cancer, which weakens the reliability of the results. These results will need to be confirmed in larger studies, preferably prospective cohort studies.