Prostate Cancer

Vasectomy costs less than tubal ligation, the surgical-contraceptive counterpart for women, and is associated with fewer side effects.

While several other recent studies also have found no association between vasectomy and Researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and Seattle’s Northwest Prostate Institute also collaborated on the study.

While some of the earlier studies were flawed substantially by factors ranging from selection bias to second-hand data collection, other investigations of more rigorous scientific design reported conflicting results that raised legitimate concern about a possible association between vasectomy and The Hutchinson Center’s five-year study of 1,456 men ages 40 to 64 compared 753 men in King County who had prostate cancer to 703 who did not.

In addition to whether they’d had a vasectomy, the men answered questions regarding medical history, screening for Read more...