title: Prevalence of prostate cancer in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of prostate cancer in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI), with regard to the duration, level, and severity of injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inpatient and outpatient Veterans Affairs spinal cord unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  The electronic medical records of 350 veterans with chronic SCI and 344 veterans without SCI as a control group were reviewed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prevalence of prostate cancer in patients with chronic SCI with regard to the duration, level, and severity of injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 350 veterans with chronic SCI, 7 individuals (2%) had prostate cancer. In comparison, of 344 age-matched veterans without SCI, 18 (5.2%) had prostate cancer. In SCI group with prostate cancer, 2 patients had motor complete injury (American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale [AIS] A and B), and 5 patients had motor incomplete injury (AIS C, D, and E). Patients with SCI and with prostate cancer were slightly older (mean [SD] age, 72.14 ± 8.25 years) than the control group (mean [SD] age, 69.83 ± 8.79 years) with cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings from this study indicate a lower prevalence of prostate cancer among veterans with chronic SCI in comparison with age-matched veterans without SCI. Given the small number of patients with SCI and with prostate cancer in this study, we did not find any statistically significant correlation between the prevalence of prostate cancer and the level, duration, and severity of injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ketchum
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sepahpanah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology