Acute urinary retention and risk of cancer: population based Danish cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the risk of urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancers after a first diagnosis of acute urinary retention.

Design

Nationwide population based cohort study.

Setting

All hospitals in Denmark.

Participants

75 983 patients aged 50 years or older with a first hospital admission for acute urinary retention during 1995-2017.

Main outcome measures

Absolute risk of urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancer and excess risk of these cancers among patients with acute urinary retention compared with the general population.

Results

The absolute risk of prostate cancer after a first diagnosis of acute urinary retention was 5.1% (n=3198) at three months, 6.7% (n=4233) at one year, and 8.5% (n=5217) at five years. Within three mont

SUBMITTER: Bengtsen MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature