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Testosterone replacement in older men doesn’t elevate prostate cancer risk

According to lead author Aksam Yassin, MD, PhD, of the Clinic for Urology and Andrology of the Segeberger Clinics in Norderstedt, Germany, older men opting for testosterone replacement therapy, owing to their low testosterone levels, don’t face an elevated risk of prostate cancer.

Testosterone treatment stimulates the growth of an existing prostate cancer, but there is no evidence that it causes this type of cancer,” he said.

Yassin said, as the risk of prostate cancer and testosterone deficiency is know to increase with age, it is possible that a prostate cancer may occur in an older man during testosterone replacement therapy, which is unrelated to treatment.

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