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