Pollack A E
Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, New York, NY 10016.
Adv Contracept. 1993 Jun;9(2):181-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01990149.
Numerous epidemiologic studies of vasectomized men have been conducted over the last decade. The majority of the reports have been reassuring with regard to possible long-term health consequences following male sterilization. In February 1993, two articles suggesting a relationship between vasectomy and prostate cancer appeared in the literature. Following publication of these studies, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) organized a meeting of experts to review the most recent literature on vasectomy and prostate cancer. After considering the evidence from the aforementioned studies and the preliminary findings of three unpublished studies, the NIH panel concluded that there was insufficient evidence of a real association between vasectomy and prostate cancer. This article reviews current information concerning the relationship, and recommends that providers continue to provide vasectomy as a contraceptive option. The research community should continue to investigate the possibility of a relationship between vasectomy and prostate cancer.
在过去十年里，已经对接受输精管切除术的男性进行了大量的流行病学研究。大多数报告对于男性绝育术后可能产生的长期健康后果表示令人安心。1993年2月，文献中出现了两篇表明输精管切除术与前列腺癌之间存在关联的文章。在这些研究发表之后，美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）组织了一次专家会议，以审查关于输精管切除术和前列腺癌的最新文献。在考虑了上述研究的证据以及三项未发表研究的初步结果后，NIH小组得出结论，没有足够的证据表明输精管切除术与前列腺癌之间存在真正的关联。本文回顾了有关这种关系的当前信息，并建议医疗服务提供者继续将输精管切除术作为一种避孕选择。研究界应继续调查输精管切除术与前列腺癌之间存在关联的可能性。
