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Urological aspects of the metabolic syndromeJan Hammarsten
Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, Central Hospital, Rosenborgsgatan 2, S 652 30 Karlstad, Sweden
Nat Rev Urol 8:483-94. 2011..Urologists need to be aware of the effect that the metabolic syndrome has on urological disorders and should transfer this knowledge to their patients...
A higher prediagnostic insulin level is a prospective risk factor for incident prostate cancerJ Hammarsten
Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden
Cancer Epidemiol 34:574-9. 2010..The present findings also seem to confirm that prostate cancer is a component of the metabolic syndrome. Finally, our data generate the hypothesis that the metabolic syndrome conceals early prostate cancer...
Clinical, haemodynamic, anthropometric, metabolic and insulin profile of men with high-stage and high-grade clinical prostate cancerJan Hammarsten
Department of Urology, Central Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden
Blood Press 13:47-55. 2004....
Hyperinsulinaemia: a prospective risk factor for lethal clinical prostate cancerJan Hammarsten
Department of Urology, Central Hospital, SE 30185 Halmstad, Sweden
Eur J Cancer 41:2887-95. 2005..Furthermore, our data suggest that the insulin level could be used as a marker of prostate cancer prognosis and tumour aggressiveness, regardless of the patient's prostate cancer stage, cancer grade and PSA level...
Insulin and free oestradiol are independent risk factors for benign prostatic hyperplasiaJ Hammarsten
Department of Urology, Skaraborg Hospital, Skovde, Sweden
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 12:160-5. 2009..Our findings also seem to confirm the metabolic syndrome hypothesis. The metabolic syndrome and its major endocrine aberration, hyperinsulinaemia, are possible primary events in BPH...
Calculated fast-growing benign prostatic hyperplasia--a risk factor for developing clinical prostate cancerJan Hammarsten
Department of Urology, Halland, Varberg Hospital, Varberg, Sweden
Scand J Urol Nephrol 36:330-8. 2002..If the hypothesis is true, men with fast-growing BPH would have a more advanced clinical prostate cancer...
Hyperinsulinaemia as a risk factor for developing benign prostatic hyperplasiaJ Hammarsten
Urological Section, Department of Surgery, Varberg Hospital, Varberg, Sweden
Eur Urol 39:151-8. 2001..To test the hypothesis of hyperinsulinaemia as a causal factor for the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...
One-third of the Swedish male population over 50 years of age suffers from lower urinary tract symptomsJohan Stranne
Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
Scand J Urol Nephrol 43:199-205. 2009..To investigate the prevalence of and restrictions in various parts of daily life due to lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in an unselected Swedish male population...
Parenteral estrogen versus combined androgen deprivation in the treatment of metastatic prostatic cancer: part 2. Final evaluation of the Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group (SPCG) Study No. 5Per Olov Hedlund
Department of Urology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Sweden
Scand J Urol Nephrol 42:220-9. 2008..The aim of the study was to compare anticancer efficacy and adverse events, especially cardiovascular events...
Preoperative skin testing of materials used in surgical proceduresRosalie Hammarsten
Central Operating Department, Varberg Hospital, Sweden
AORN J 77:762-6, 769-71. 2003..Skin reactions after preoperative skin testing occurred in 3% to 50% of patients with atopic or contact eczema, allergy, or asthma in their medical history...
