Association between prostate cancer and schistosomiasis in young patients: a case report and literature review

This case report refers to a 47-year old patient with prostate cancer associated with schistosomiasis mansoni, who was submitted to radical prostatectomy. This is the third report published in the literature with respect to this association, and up to the present time it is still not known whether a...

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Main Authors: Albert Bacelar, Larissa G.M.C. Castro, Aristides Cheto de Queiroz, Eduardo Café
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000500014&lng=en&tlng=en