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Prostate cancer ‘could be a sexually transmitted disease’, scientists say
Belfast Telegraph ^ | 21 May 2014

Posted on 05/20/2014 8:13:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Prostate cancer could be a sexually transmitted disease caused by a common infection passed on during intercourse, scientists are claiming.

Research by the University of California found a sex infection called trichomoniasis supported cancer growth when a team of scientists tested human prostate cells in a laboratory.

Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection and is understood to have infected an estimated 275 million people around the world. …

(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: cancer; cdc; prostatecancer; savethemales; stds; trichomoniasis
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To: HartleyMBaldwin; IamConservative
Trichomonas vaginalis is not a virus.

Thanks. So now there may also be a parasitic vector.

21 posted on 05/21/2014 2:48:47 PM PDT by fso301 (uires that you believe)
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