Risk factors for incident prostate cancer in a cohort of world trade center responders

Despite a relatively young average age and no routine screening, prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men who worked at the World Trade Center (WTC) following the 9/11/2001 disaster. This study evaluated whether re-experiencing stressful memories of a traumatic event was associated with prostate cancer incidence.Participants were males from one clinical center that monitors the health of first-responders (N = 6857). Monitoring...