Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 544: Association of Cholecystectomy with the Risk of Prostate Cancer in Patients with Gallstones

Conclusions: Cholecystectomy is associated with an increased hazard ratio of prostate cancer in gallstones patients, and the risk increases with an incremental period of follow-up. This observational study cannot ascertain the detrimental mechanisms of cholecystectomy for the development of prostate cancer, and cholecystectomy is not recommended for the prevention of prostate cancer based on our study.
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